Agriculture is one of humanity’s oldest professions. In the U.S., it accounted for 10% of total jobs in 2024 according to USDA data. But technology is rapidly reshaping agricultural employment.

Food and agriculture supports $10.4 trillion in total U.S. economic output, representing about 20% of all economic activity. The sector supports nearly 49 million jobs, or roughly 30% of total U.S.

After surprising on the upside by posting a strong quarterly growth of 2.3% quarter-on-quarter and 6.1% year-on-year in Q1 of 2024, the primary agriculture sector saw a sharp downturn in the number of ...

Over the last three-and-a-half decades, there has been a structural shift in the occupational choice among rural workers, particularly rural agricultural workers, with changes in their occupational ...