The major is designed to prepare the graduate for careers in business, service, and agricultural production. Graduates are employed by government agencies such as the Natural Resources Conservation Service and the Farm Services Administration, in commercial banking institutions and with cooperative lenders such as Production Credit Associations or Federal Land Banks. Graduates may find employment as technical representatives for firms that manufacture and/or distribute seed, fertilizer, and agrichemicals. Nationwide, many graduates are employed in the agricultural industries which process and market food. Those with agriculture degrees will also find opportunities as managers of production agriculture firms or they may establish and own farms and ranches. The agriculture major includes many courses that satisfy requirements for entry into schools of veterinary medicine. The program also prepares graduates for entry into Masters degree programs in the agricultural, environmental and natural resource sciences.