Indiana is creating new jobs in the Agribussiness field. Governor Mitch Daniels focuses on keeping agriculture as the core of Indiana's economy.

U N P R E C I D E N T E D
F O C U S O N
A G R I C U L T U R E
Governor Daniels has brought
agriculture to the forefront in the
most pro-agriculture Administration
the state has ever seen.
With the creation of the Indiana
State Department of Agriculture
(ISDA), Indiana has seen $1.36
billion in capital investment in agriculture
and 1,155 new jobs created.
Indiana Farm Bureau President
Don Villwock said he is “pleased
with the work the new administration
has done.” He noted instead of
becoming a bureaucracy, the ISDA
has been a catalyst for growth and
change in the Indiana Ag economy
(Brownfield Ag News for America).
“If we are going to raise the income
of Hoosiers and become an
economic leader...then agriculture
will have to be at the core of it,” said
Daniels.

http://www.in.gov/gov/files/Agriculture_v1_issue1.pdf

U.S. Department of Agriculture Jobs:
USDA has offices in every State, as well as in Washington, D.C., and has representatives at foreign posts. Jobs in USDA may range from archaeologist to administrator, field technician to research scientist, veterinarian to nurse, rural development specialist to speech writer. Programs run by USDA include food stamp benefits, the National Forest system, meat and grain inspection, plant inspections at airports, international cooperative development programs, and research operations that promote disease-resistant fruits and vegetables and alternative uses for agricultural products.
USDA is organized within the framework of seven Mission Areas and several independent support offices.
Mission Areas are involved with the operational conduct of USDA business and include the following:
· NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT
· FARM AND FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERVICES
· RURAL DEVELOPMENT
· FOOD, NUTRITION AND CONSUMER SERVICES
· FOOD SAFETY
· MARKETING AND REGULATORY PROGRAMS
· RESEARCH, EDUCATION AND ECONOMICS


A sample accounting position:

TITLE: AccountantSERIES: GS-0510
CONTACT:Rural Development;Natural Resources and Environment(Natural Resources Conservation Service)
DESCRIPTION:This work includes the design, development, operation, or inspection of accounting systems; the prescription of accounting standards, policies and requirements; the examination, analysis, and interpretation of accounting data, records, or reports; or the provision of accounting or financial management advice and assistance to management.
REQUIREMENTS:Major in accounting or a related field, such as business administration, finance, or public administration that included 24 semester hours in accounting.

Intern Position and Salary

CAREER INTERN RECRUITMENT ANNOUNCEMENT

Position and Salary:

Field Accountant
Rural Utilities Service

The current minimum starting salaries are approximately as follows:
Master’s degree – GS 9 at $41,772 per annum
Bachelor’s degree and at least a 2.95 GPA-GS 7 at $34,149 per annum
All other Bachelor degree candidates-GS 5 at $27,569 per annum
Promotion potential to GS-13

Each of the starting salaries may be increased by geographic locality pay adjustments. At
The full working level of GS-13, the current maximum pay is $88,973 per annum.

Location:

Various Positions Nationwide

Current Openings:
Montana
Northeastern Pennsylvania
New York
New England

Major Duties:

These positions involve an initial training period working with experienced field accountants. Field accountants principally work out of an office in their residence and travel to perform audits and accounting reviews at electric and telecommunications cooperatives and companies that borrow from the Rural Utilities Service. The positions involve 50 to 75% travel.

These challenging positions involve interacting with the utilities’ accountants, their CPA’s and representatives of other government agencies at the federal, state, and local levels. They provide the opportunity to conduct loan fund and accounting reviews of electric, telecommunication and water borrowers with heavy emphasis on generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) and generally accepted auditing standards (GAAS).

Who does the hiring at the USDA?

When USDA was established in 1862 by President Lincoln, he called it the “Peoples Department”, because it served most Americans. As the People’s Department, our success will be determined by how well we go about addressing our human capital (people) needs. The role of the Office of Human Capital Management is to facilitate the attainment of USDA’s strategic goals and program objectives by ensuring we recruit and retain a diverse highly-skilled workforce aligned with our program needs as well as to promote a competency-based and results-oriented performance culture.
Welcome to the USDA Office of Human Capital Management. USDA is made up of a diverse, knowledgeable workforce of people with a broad range of technical and program skills engaged in important activities such as protecting public health and our food, ensuring a plentiful and nutritious food supply,encouraging science-based stewardship of our natural resources, and administering programs that promote both agriculture and the quality of life in rural America.The employees at USDA bring unique talents, dedication, and a level of professionalism that allows us to meet these strategic objectives now and into the future.
Check it out at: http://www.usda.gov/da/employ/employ.html

Mission Statement of the USDA and Career Choices

The United States Department of Agriculture

The mission of the U.S. Department of Agriculture is to enhance the quality of life for the American people by supporting production agriculture; ensuring safe, affordable, nutritious, and accessible food supply; caring for agricultural, forest, and range lands; supporting rural communities' sound development; providing economic opportunities for farm and rural residents; expanding global markets for agricultural and forest products and services; and working to reduce hunger in America and throughout the world.

Because it is one of the Government's largest civilian employers, USDA offers unparalleled career choices in fields such as:

• Agribusiness and Industry


• Management


• Natural Resources and Environment


• Science and Technology

U.S. Department of Agriculture :

• Career Intern Program
  
  

Getting Started

Greetings and welcome to my first blog posting. I intend my blog to be a research blog to investigate the topic of careers in the agricultural business. More specifically, I am interested in pursuing a career in accounting with the United States Department of Agriculture. I plan to research the this field of employment to benefit me in my pursuit of an accounting career. I will be looking at career and internship positions, their training and development, their salary and benifits package, and their safety and worklife programs, along with many other aspects of a government job. I welcome any comments and insights to this topic as I begin this project.
David