Agribusiness comprises the largest portion of the U.S. economy.
Besides providing food and clothing essential to well-being, it provides employment for approximately one fifth of all workers. The United States Department of Agriculture estimates that over the next few years there will be more agricultural business job openings than there will be college graduates to fill them. Employers include banks, insurance companies, government agencies, farm cooperatives, farm appraisal businesses, international poultry, meat, grain and cotton merchandising firms. Many ASU agricultural business graduates also work on farms as farm managers and farm management consultants.