Agriculture Business & Management Technology - Southeast Community College Area

Agriculture Business & Management Technology from Southeast Community College Area is a Campus Associate Agribusiness degree that prepares you for a Agriculture career. Overview If you?re looking to work with animals, plants, the land, or in an agribusiness-related field, SCC?s Agriculture Business & Management Technology program is for you. Choose from six focus areas: Agribusiness, Crops, Diversified Agriculture, Golf Turfgrass Management, Horticulture, and Livestock. Our state-of-the-art equipment matches the level of instruction and facilities. Technology has affected all aspects of the agriculture industry, and SCC?s program uses the latest technology to prepare students for employment. Students receive hands-on training on the College?s 900-acre livestock and land lab that includes the row crops, pasture, a one-hole golf course lab, and livestock facilities at the Ag Center. Students also assist the College?s facilities crew with campus landscaping projects. The program also leases new tractors, self-propelled sprayers and combines that enable students to work with the latest equipment. Student learning is enhanced by experiencing the program?s renowned cooperative internship program that sends students across the United States and, in some cases, to foreign countries. Past SCC students have interned on ranches in Australia and Germany, at Augusta National Golf Club (home of the Master?s), and in a variety of other places across the U.S. Mission The mission of the Agriculture Business & Management Technology program is to teach students of diverse backgrounds how to learn and communicate through hands-on experiences involving knowledge and skills essential for careers in the multi-faceted agriculture industry. Job Outlook The long-term trend toward the consolidation of farms into fewer and larger ones is expected to continue through 2016. A number of jobs will be available due to the need to replace the large number of farmers expected to retire or leave the profession during the next decade. The average hourly salary is $12.60, with a range of $7.50-$18.50. View more details on Southeast Community College Area . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Agribusiness courses.