The Food and Fiber Production Management option provides a sound economic and business background with the flexibility to emphasize areas of interest in agriculture. With this flexibility, students can specialize by selecting courses dedicated to a particular area of agriculture, or they can select courses from a variety of areas to develop a more general and broad-based program of study.

1. U.S. Farms sell over $200 Billion in agricultural products each year.
2. Nearly one-quarter of the volume of U.S. farm production is exported.
3. Farmers and ranchers provide food and habitat for 75% of the nation’s wildlife.

Opportunities in Food and Fiber Production Management are broad and diverse. Some examples of career opportunities include farm and ranch management, agricultural lending, sales production management and consulting. Students in this option typically select areas of emphasis in animal and dairy science, poultry science, agronomy, soil science, plant pathology, and agricultural engineering. Students are encouraged to seek minors in other departments in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.

Our Department has a national reputation for producing students who are ready to perform in the production arena.

Some of our graduates and the positions they have held:
Tige Hopper - Territory Manager for John Deere Company
Shawn Boyd - Agricultural Economist for the National Cotton Council of America
Steve Martin - Extension Economics, Mississippi State University
Patrick Swindoll - TCP Farms, Hernando, MS

To find out more about the Food and Fiber Production Management concentration within the Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics major contact the Department of Agricultural Economics at 662-325-2750 or come by and visit our faculty members at Lloyd-Ricks West Wing, Suite 300. Mississippi State, Mississippi.