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Food and Agribusiness Management
The Food and Agribusiness Management (FABM) major offers a business education with a twist. Building on the basics of business, including accounting, finance, marketing, and leadership, the FABM major incorporates a special focus on the multi-million dollar food and fiber industry. Not only do our students achieve a background in business principles, but they leave the program with a working knowledge of how the agribusiness sector operates and impacts domestic and world economies. We teach about international trade, product management, human resources, finance, and strategies of successful salesmanship. Our students get to experience a course in Futures Trading, where an on-site link to the Chicago Board of Trade shows how the market is doing. There is an option to concentrate studies in Food Marketing, where students explore the food market system from farm to consumer, and learn to market food commodities from cereal and produce to Perdue chicken!
FABM graduates are in great demand by many
business and government employers. Alumni are working in food marketing
and sales, produce and food brokering, investment banking, market
analysis, agricultural chemical sales, and business management for a
variety of firms. Some students choose to enter graduate school to work
on an MBA, a law degree, or a Master's degree in fields such as food
marketing, international marketing, and agribusiness finance. Whatever
your goal, we encourage you to participate in job-search workshops, career
days, internships, and the National Agribusiness Association. Our student
chapter of NAMA is a professional organization that helps students
to develop networking and leadership skills while allowing them to
network with leaders in the agribusiness industry.
For more information on any of the College of
Agriculture and Natural Resources majors, contact the Office of Academic
Programs at 831-2508 or stop by 104 Townsend Hall.
Sample Job Titles
| Bachelor's Degree/Entry Level |
Further Education/Experience
Often Required |
| *agricultural produce broker |
*professor |
| *sales representative |
*international marketing
director |
| *marketing coordinator |
*vice-president of
sales |
| *agribusiness manager |
*project manager |
| *pharmaceutical
sales |
*agricultural program
manager |
Check the Dictionary of Occupational Titles under section 180 for additional related careers.
Enhancing Employability
- Participate in Internships,
Field Experience Placements and Alumni Mentor Network.
- Sample UD Field Experiences:Delaware
State and Local Governments, DuPont Company, Perdue Farms, Inc.
Some Employers of Food & Agribusiness Management
Majors
*food retailers and brokers
*state/federal government
*pharmaceutical companies
*business and industry
*feed, grain and seed companies
*chemical companies
*banks and securities firms
*farm cooperatives
Other Sources of Information
Vault Online Career Library
(provides extensive information about careers and companies/organizations; log in via Blue Hen Jobs)
AG Careers
www.agricareers.com
American Agricultural Economics Association
www.aaea.org
American Farm Bureau
www.fb.org/
Careers in Food
www.careersinfood.com/collegerecruiting.cfm
Careers With the Agricultural Research Service
www.ars.usda.gov/careers
Environmental Career Opportunities
www.ecojobs.com
Food Marketing Institute
www.fmi.org
Institute of Food Technologists
www.ift.org
The Riley Guide
www.rileyguide.com
Resources for Finding Employment
University of Delaware Career Resource Center Materials
Available
- Blue Hen Jobs -- Internships, Part-time, Summer, and Full-time Jobs -- All in one place
- Environmental Engineering Selection Guide
(CSD 316)
- The EnviroDirectory: Mid-Atlantic & New
England (CSD 317.2 & 317.5)
- The Directory of Environmental Web Sites on
the Internet (CSD 319)
- Careers in Focus - Agriculture (CSE 69)
- Top Careers for Business Graduates (CSE 83)
- Great Jobs for Business Majors (CSE 84)
- Careers in Focus - Business (CSE 85)
- Careers in Business (CSE 99)
- Management Consulting (CSE 111)
- Careers for Environmental Types & Others Who
Respect the Earth (CSE 449)
- The Eco Guide to Careers that Make a Difference
(CSE 450)
- Career Opportunities in Science (CSE 455)
- Careers for Scientific Types & Others With
Inquiring Minds (CSE 457)
- Outdoor Careers (CSE 485)
- Occupational Outlook Handbook (GE 5)
- Graduate Programs in the Biological Sciences
(GS 25)
- Graduate Programs in the Physical Sciences,
Mathematics, Agricultural Sciences, the Environment & Natural Resources
(GS 30)
- www.udel.edu/CSC/netresources.html
CSC's Internet Resources
Further information including: Skills to Develop, Strategies
for Contacting Employers, Graduate School Information and where to get assistance
is available in the CAREER RESOURCE CENTER located at 401 Academy
Street.
Last updated: October 22, 2009 (CH)
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