Of that, female students now represent 55 percent of ag students. Jones is director of student recruitment and retention programs for the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. In fact, there are more than 8,000 job titles in agriculture. Agriculture uses all sorts of high technology in both crop and animal production, Jones noted. Today, farmers are leveling fields with precision lasers to decrease soil erosion.
Producers make use of robotic equipment to do dangerous or repetitive jobs.
Artificial insemination, invitro fertilization, embryo transplants and genetic engineering are producing more uniform livestock to yield the high-quality, consistent product demanded by consumers. Actually, there's a shortage. And the opportunties are increasing. Many of tomorrow's careers have not yet been imagined. The textile business uses extremely high technology in every facet of textile item and apparel production.