Skip to main content

In-Person Companies (October 8)

As a student, alum, or industry recruiter - plan to join us for the Agriculture and Life Sciences Career Day! We are pleased to announce we will be hosting an in-person event slated for Tuesday, October 8, 2024 (9am - 2pm) at the Lied Recreation Athletic Center. Employer registration will run from July 24, 2024 through September 25, 2024 (5:00 PM). If you are an employer and would like to receive information on this event, please contact Mike Gaul at 515-294-4725 or via email at mikegaul@iastate.edu

* * * * * * *

Please note we will not be hosting a Spring 2025 Career Fair.

  • The AgCareers.com mission is to provide global talent solutions in agriculture and food. We strive to “Feed the World with Talent” in the industries we serve. Our passion is agriculture, demonstrated by our investment in time and resources engaging with candidates and employers in the industry. AgCareers.com works to build the pipeline of talent to the industry by expanding knowledge about the breadth of career opportunities in agriculture.

  • Agtegra Cooperative operates as an agricultural cooperative. The company helps customers to grow, handle, and market grains; offers agronomy solutions; provides petroleum and energy products; precision ag farming technology, and farm products. It serves producer-members in North Dakota and South Dakota.

  • ALCIVIA is a leading, member-owned agricultural and energy cooperative located in Wisconsin and serving customers in Wisconsin, Minnesota, Illinois, and Iowa. We provide expertise, service, and products in the areas of agronomy, animal nutrition, energy, and grain, and have a full portfolio of options for competitive operating loans and input financing. Learn more at https://www.alcivia.com/

     


  • BALANCE4WARD is a cattle feeding management company passionate about building a better beef supply chain. We do this by creating opportunities for midmarket cattlemen who want to get more out of their business. BALANCE4WARD focuses on 3 core values: Go. Fail. Think. We like to hire interns that are a full-time employee fit for our company.

  • Bartlett, a Savage Company is a diverse, growth-oriented agribusiness. Our principal businesses are grain merchandising, flour milling, and feed manufacturing. Headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri, we have facilities and offices in 9 states and Mexico. We are more than 100 years old and still family owned and managed. At Bartlett, we are committed to providing our Customers unmatched service and finding ways to meet their business needs. Our market expertise and logistics capabilities enable us to connect producers and consumers in the most efficient and cost effective ways possible.

  • Founded in 1818, Bunge is a leading agribusiness and food company with integrated operations that circle the globe, stretching from the farm field to the retail shelf. Bunge's largest and state of the art soybean processing and refining facility is located in Council Bluffs, IA.


  • Columbia Grain International (CGI) is an established leading full-service company specializing in Trading and Commercial Supply of grain and pulse commodities wordwide. We are headquartered in Portland, Oregon and own/operate over 60 elevators and offices throughout WA, ID, MT, NE, and ND to support our domestic and export sales program.

    We are a mid-size company with just over 450 employees overall. The employees at CGI, at all levels of our organization, represent some of the most experienced and knowledgeable in the industry. We are proud of our ability to attract and maintain talented, efficient, long term, community minded employees who can develop lasting relationships with producers and customers both domestic and around the world.

  • Commstock Investments, founded in 1982, is a leading agriculture risk management firm dedicated to helping farmers and agribusiness professionals manage their risk and protect their profits. We offer full service commodity brokerage, grain marketing, crop insurance, as well as Livestock Risk Protection. We are best known for the Commstock Report, a daily market newsletter that is available through direct subscription.  The Commstock Channel is the fastest growing ag podcast available.  We currently have 6 offices in 5 states.  Commstock Investments is also a proud sponsor of the Family Farm Masterclass.

  • Consolidated Grain and Barge Co., a subsidiary of CGB Enterprises, Inc., is a great place for you to launch or grow your career. Here, people matter! There?s something special about working for a company that truly cares about its people and a company culture that can be felt throughout the organization. We invite you to be a part of our team and make a lasting impact on the future of our organization all while advancing your career!

  •  

    We help our clients deliver nutritious and delicious products to consumers around the world, connecting every stakeholder in the supply chain from farm to table and grass to glass.

  •  

    Full service Cooperative based in NW Iowa with Agronomy, Feed, and Grain Services along with the How-To Building Center.

  • Landowner Ag Service company that specializes in Farm Management, Farm Real Estate Sales, Appraisals, Energy Management, Insurance Services, Consulting, Forestry, Hunting Leasing, FNC Ag Stock, Lake Management.

    Farmers National Company was founded in 1929 and is one of the oldest, largest, fastest growing and most successful farm management company in the United States, managing 5,000 farms, ranches and specialty operations across the country. Our core business is still farm management, but the company has grown and expanded its services to include a complete range of agricultural services. With the availability of management, real estate sales, energy management, appraisals, insurance and commodity marketing, FNC clients are assured of the best and most profitable management of their farm investments. Today, FNC is 100 percent employee owned.

  • Thank you for your interest in FuturesOne! Our team is an experienced group of market analysts, brokers and risk managers. Along with offering professional brokerage services, our fee-based risk management service provides farmers the opportunity to work directly with one of our marketing consultants. FuturesOne was founded on a mission to provide risk management guidance, recommendations, and market information tailored to our customer’s personal and business needs. Our culture is one that maintains integrity and small-town values that one expects in the agricultural industry.

    If your looking for a career that provides you with great company culture, financial growth, and flexibility, you are at the right place!  Take a look at our open positions and lets get in touch to learn more about these great opportunities!

  • For more than 20 years Grain Millers, Inc. has been a leading manufacturer of conventional and organic whole grain ingredients used in cereals, breads, bars and many other products served around the world. These grains include oats, wheat, barley and rye, which we mill into flours, flakes, brans and fibers. Our portfolio of products also includes dairy ingredients such as butter, cheese, cream, and dairy powders such as lactose, whey, non-fat dry milk and buttermilk. Grain Millers, Inc. sells a variety of specialized ingredients such as organic industrial alcohol, molasses, soy beans and flax.

  • Hurley & Associates, Inc. is an Agri-Marketing company that partners with farmers to help them market their crop and secure revenue. We tailor individualized strategic marketing plans for each farmer; taking into account what makes their operation unique including their attitudes, financial obligations, and their future plans. Together we develop that marketing plan, and the consultant executes the plan on behalf of the farmer. We work hard to develop strong relationships with our clients focusing on producer education and open lines of communication. 

  • Kent Corporation is a diversified family owned corporation with operating subsidiaries involved in corn wet milling, the production of animal feeds and the manufacture of food products. Kent Corporation is owned by the Kent Family and led by Gage A. Kent as Chairman of the Board and CEO. Operating subsidiaries of Kent Corporation include Grain Processing Corporation, Kent Nutrition Group, Kent Pet Group, all headquartered in Muscatine, Iowa, and Kent Precision Foods Group, St. Louis, Missouri.

  • Louis Dreyfus Company is a leading merchant and processor of agricultural goods, leveraging its global reach and extensive asset network to deliver for its customers around the world - safely, responsibly and reliably. Today we help to feed and clothe some 500 million people, originating, processing and transporting approximately 81 million tons of commodities annually.

  • In the years since 1973 one element of our story remains consistent. NEW was founded by farmers who saw mutual benefits in sharing resources. The direction came from two local co-ops—one with rail capabilities and the other with additional grain to fill those outgoing trains. From the start, the idea was progressive, savvy, and practical. When we pool our resources, they said, every single farm gains momentum. Together, our Iowa farmers buy better and sell better. Every crop year they can capitalize on the ability to produce more efficiently, too.

  • Nexus Cooperative is a farmer owned and controlled cooperative that was formed in February 2024 through the unification of Northern Country Cooperative and Viafield Cooperative.                                                        

    Nexus has a 12-person Board of Directors.

    As a cooperative, Nexus now serves over 5,000 farming operations in northeast Iowa and southern Minnesota.

    Nexus currently has 26 locations, employing around 230 team members.

    Nexus has openings each year for internships in Agronomy Sales and Operations, Marketing, IT as well as Accounting.

     

  • The Master of International Agriculture Degree Program (MIAP) is a multidisciplinary degree program, preparing students for a successful career in global agriculture. Blending theory, practical knowledge, and hands-on experience, the program prepares students to make a significant contribution to the field of international agriculture. MIAP is designed to allow students the opportunity to choose a focus area that fits their personal, professional, and academic goals.

  • First-in-class crushing facility maximizing value from locally-grown soybeans into value-added products

  • At POET, we believe in creativity from common sense. For more than two decades, we have had a relentless focus on developing technologies that make ethanol production more efficient. We strive to produce ethanol and other biorefined products with the smallest possible environmental footprint.

    Today, we have a network of 33 plants in seven states with a capacity of more than 3 billion gallons of ethanol, 9 billion pounds of high protein animal feed and thousands of pounds of bio-based oils and lubricants. POET provides turnkey development, design, engineering, construction, management and marketing services for our plant network.

    POET Engineers and scientists have developed technology and processes through rigorous testing at POET's laboratories and pilot-scale ethanol plant. We have an integrated business model that combines technology development with expertise in construction,

  •  

    Full service Ag Cooperative in North Central Iowa.

  • Scoular is an employee-owned $6B agribusiness leading the way since 1892. We buy, sell, store, handle and process grain and ingredients by leveraging our global networks and expertise in international trade and transportation. 

  • A commodity risk management company/grain marketing out of Lincoln, NE.

  • The USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) conducts hundreds of surveys every year and prepares reports covering virtually every aspect of U.S. agriculture. Production and supplies of food and fiber, prices paid and received by farmers, farm labor and wages, farm finances, chemical use, and changes in the demographics of U.S. producers are only a few examples.