Welcome to Explore – Careers in Agricultural Technology and Systems Management. You are entering a new chapter in your life – both exciting and frightening. You will soon be deciding your future path . . . choosing a school and a major, leaving home and making new friends. This magazine is designed to show you possible career opportunities in the agricultural technology and systems management field. If you aren’t familiar with an ag systems degree, please read on. We think you will be impressed with the diverse and interesting job opportunities awaiting ag systems graduates. Take your time reading through this magazine. You have a big decision to make, and we think you will like what this career has to offer.

Table of Contents

Questions About Agricultural Systems
Internships
Fantasy Farming
Go For It!
Overseas Opportunities
The Path to Success
A Student’s Perspective
Hands-On Approach
A Different Path
Internationals
Painless Data Sharing
Personal Satisfaction
Before the Cap and Gown: The Capstone
College Job Experiences
Round Out Your Future with ASAE
Jobs!
In Search of the Perfect School
Explore – Careers in Agricultural Technology and Systems Management is a special issue of Resource: Engineering & Technology for a Sustainable World

Resource: Engineering & Technology for a Sustainable World (ISSN 1076-3333) (USPS 009-560) is the monthly publication of ASAE — the Society for engineering in agricultural, food, and biological systems. The Society is a not-for-profit professional and technical organization of members worldwide interested in engineering knowledge and technology for food and agriculture, associated industries, and related resources. The magazine maintains executive, editorial, subscription, and advertising offices at ASAE headquarters, 2950 Niles Road, St. Joseph, MI 49085- 9659, USA; 269-429-0300, fax 269-429-3852, hq@asae.org.

Magazine staff: Donna Hull, Publisher, hull@asae.org; Sue Mitrovich, Features Editor, mitro@asae.org; Suzanne Howard, Inside ASAE and Update Editor, howard@asae.org; Pam Bakken, Advertising Sales Manager and Production Editor, bakken@asae.org.

Graphic design: Claudia Parish, Parish Design, Sawyer, MI.

Editorial Advisory Board: Chair Joseph M. Zulovich, University of Missouri; Vice Chair Anissa D. Morton, Enviro Ag Engineering Inc.; Secretary Edward C. Martin, University of Arizona; Ali Demirci, Pennsylvania State University; Carroll E. Goering, University of Illinois; Robert D. Grisso, Virginia Tech; Lal Kushwaha, University of Saskatchewan; Yanbin Li, University of Arkansas; Rabi H. Mohtar, Purdue University; Michael O. Ngadi, McGill University; Harold J. Schramm, technical consultant; Peter E. Wright, Cornell University; Ex officio: Publications Council Chair Clifford A. Flood, Jr., Auburn University.

Permission to reprint articles available on request. Contact Donna Hull, 269-428- 6326. Electrostatic reprints of individual articles, issues, or entire volumes may be purchased from University Microfilms, Box 1346, Ann Arbor, MI 48106, USA; 800- 521-0600.

Additional copies of this publication can be purchased for $1.25 each in quantities of 10 or more. Less than 10 copies are $1.75 each. Contact ASAE order department, 269-428-6325. An application for membership can be obtained by contacting ASAE.

Statements in this publication represent individual opinions. Resource: Engineering & Technology for a Sustainable World and ASAE assume no responsibility for statements and opinions expressed by contributors. Views advanced in the editorials are those of the contributors and do not necessarily represent the official position of ASAE.

Copyright 2003 by American Society of Agricultural Engineers.

ASAE officers: Lyle E. Stephens, President; Robert J. Gustafson, President-elect; R. Wayne Skaggs, Past President; Gary D. Bubenzer, Treasurer; M. Melissa Moore, Executive Vice President.

ASAE council chairs: James C. Converse, Meetings Chair; R. Nolan Clark, Membership Development Chair; Clifford A. Flood, Jr., Publications Chair; Barrie L. Smith, Standards Chair.

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