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Up Close - Agriculture & Food - August 02, 2012
Yes, Yahoo, ag has jobs
Spokane industry leaders join Agri-Business Week to expose youth to careers

By Treva Lind
Of the Journal of Business

Wendy Knopp, of Northwest Farm Credit Services, says she worked with students recently to help them develop business plans.
Wendy Knopp, of Northwest Farm Credit Services, says she worked with students recently to help them develop business plans.
—Staff photo by Treva Lind
Jobs in the agricultural sector are expected to grow, say Eastern Washington proponents who were among industry advisers to high school students from around the state attending an Agri-Business Week gathering last month in Ellensburg.

Such education is aimed at youth deciding on career paths in the age of Yahoo.com, which early this year posted a blog on "Useless College Majors," asserting that agriculture is No. 1. Animal science and horticulture also ranked among the top five maj...


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