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
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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.
Agri-King believes capturing the nutritional value in feeds is the key to profit. With full nutrition programs, precise feed analysis, individualized rations and personalized on-farm service, Agri-King is committed to advancing the agricultural industry, providing producers with the highest quality nutritional products to obtain the most from their feedstuffs and livestock.
Albert Lea Seed has grown to 50 full-time employees who serve more than 6,000 customers every year. Founded in 1923 by Lou Ehrhardt, the business has been owned and operated by the Ehrhardt family for three generations. Current co-owners Mac, Tom, and Margaret Ehrhardt took over operational control in 2000.
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/
Alta Genetics is a world leader in the production and sales of Beef and Dairy Genetics. Our mission is to Create Value, Build Trust, Deliver Results.
We know that progressive dairy producers prefer to do business with suppliers who deliver more than just a good product. They want to work with people who make a difference to their farm's results and bottom-line profitability. So, we carefully hand-pick the right people for the Alta team. Alta People are passionate about creating value for the farms they work with, trustworthy in all they do, and driven to deliver real, measurable results to their clients.
We are dedicated in developing partnerships with leading progressive dairy producers worldwide. Together, we passionately pursue our mission to create value, build trust and deliver results for progressive farmers around the world.Big Gain, Inc. is a feed company that knows there is more to producing feed than just the product. We pride ourselves for being a “management company” that not only manufactures quality animal feeds, but also provides enhanced services to its customers. We are a locally owned and operated manufacturer that cares about your success!
ByHeart is an infant nutrition company built from the ground up to deliver real innovation on behalf of babies and parents. Our mission is simple: make the best formula in the world. That's why we studied the latest breast milk science, worked directly with suppliers we know and trust, set uncompromising quality standards, developed our own small batch blending process, built our own manufacturing facilities, and conducted a groundbreaking clinical trial. Our goal is to create a future where all parents feel amazing about feeding their baby no matter how they do it.
When we launched our Whole Nutrition Infant Formula in March 2022, we were the first new U.S infant formula manufacturer in 15 years. With >$250M in funding, we're shifting the industry forward-and this is just the beginning. Help us build a future where all parents can feel amazing about feeding, by joining our growing team
The Council for Agricultural Science and Technology (CAST) convenes and coordinates networks of experts to assemble, interpret, and communicate credible, unbiased, science-based information to policymakers, the media, the private sector, and the public.
DFA is made up of more than 13,000 diverse family farmers from across the country. And while their family traditions vary from one farm to the next, some things are always the same — like their commitment to the land, their animals and the families they feed. We support each of these farms by finding a home for their milk, operating plants to process their milk, investing in new opportunities and more, all designed to bring them value.
Our team has spent the past two decades providing environmental, utility vegetation management (UVM), software and sustainability services. We are fortunate to be a part of the Wright Service Corp. family, which has helped us establish a strong foundation for continued growth and success.
Full service Cooperative based in NW Iowa with Agronomy, Feed, and Grain Services along with the How-To Building Center.
GENEX is dedicated to providing our member-owners and customers – dairy and beef cattle producers around the globe – with advanced genetic and reproductive solutions.
Our team takes pride in delivering value to you in every interaction, whether through supplying world-class cattle genetics, expert artificial insemination service, professional herd consulting, quality herd care products or state-of-the-art bull search apps.
Hy‑Vee operates more than 290 stores in eight Midwest states. The future is bright, and we want you to be a part of it. From in-store jobs to corporate careers, find out how to join the Hy‑Vee family today. Hy-Vee started in 1930 is always growing. From Retail and Supply Chain
Innovative Ag Services Co. is a full service farm cooperative offering a complete line of supplies and services to meet all of your farm needs. We provide value-added products and services to over 5,000 members in the grain, agronomy, feed, energy and building supply markets. To better serve you, our 33 locations are conveniently located throughout northeast and central Iowa and southwest Wisconsin. Innovative Ag Services was incorporated in 2005 to ensure that our customers had access to the best products and services available.
Our commitment to excellence runs decades deep, starting over 65 years ago as a small, family-run cheese business. Today, Leprino Foods is proud to be the world’s largest mozzarella cheese maker and top producer of whey protein and dairy ingredients. Still family-owned, we pride ourselves on our reputation of being a dairy industry pioneer, supplying the highest-quality products to food and nutrition companies around the globe.
Our customers have always known that they can depend on Merck Animal Health for more than just medicines. They count on Merck Animal Health for information, technologies and veterinary services that truly advance animal healthcare. It is our heritage and our mission.
Our core values are driven by a desire to be visionary in our thinking, and ever ready to respond to our dynamic industry.By collaborating closely with each other and our customers, we build strong partnerships in an effort to improve the health of animals around the world. We approach our work every day with a deep sense of responsibility ? to our customers, consumers, animals, society and the planet.
CDL Training & Testing for students seeking a Commercial Driver's License as a qualification for the employment they are seeking.
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.
PEAK, a subsidiary of URUS, is the world's premier cattle genetics supplier. PEAK leads the industry in developing the most profitable genetics and produces the largest amount of bovine semen in the world. We create the genetics, house the bulls and process the semen for Alta, GENEX, and other customers.
Phibro Animal Health Corporation is a leading global manufacturer and marketer of animal health pharmaceuticals, animal nutrition products and industrial and fine chemicals. We are a privately held company with a proud history of over 50 years of serving the needs of our customers in the Ethanol and Production Animal Industries.
Pioneer Bible Translators exist to see lives transformed through the raising up of local churches and translating the Bible into the "mother tongue" language of every people group, with over 5,000 speakers. One of the ways this is accomplished is through life-on-life discipleship in the business and agriculture sectors.
We believe that agriculture is a pivotal way for Christians to do life with non-believers, and demonstrate Christ's love to people who would typically not attend a Bible study. We currently operate in over 25 countries and have multiple agriculture projects that have been established, and countless ones waiting for the right team to start.
Riverview, LLP is a diversified agribusiness with farms in five states: Arizona, Minnesota, Nebraska, New Mexico and South Dakota.
Riverview is dedicated to providing a culture of opportunity for passionate people and innovative ideas. Riverview’s large-scale, modern dairy farms, calf ranches, beef feedlots and cow/calf operations utilize state-of-the-art technology to produce high-quality products, ensure animal health and comfort, and enhance the productivity of the land.
As a member-owned cooperative, SSMC brings personalized service and the highest quality performance genetics to dairy and beef producers of all types and sizes in the United States and Mexico.
Trans Ova Genetics began business in 1980 under the vision of Dr. David Faber, as a premier ?on-farm? embryo transfer (ET) service organization which was an extension of a large-animal veterinary practice. Thirty years later, the original embryo transfer team members: Dr. Faber, Dr. Daryl Funk and Diane Broek, are all still actively involved in the business.
Built on the reputation, commitment and expertise of its founders, Trans Ova Genetics continues to focus on core competencies of outstanding animal husbandry, technological advancements and a commitment to improved agricultural applications of these principles.
Maintaining its commitment as a leader of applied reproductive technologies, Trans Ova Genetics continues to grow with the addition of housing and day center facilities across the United States. These satellite centers offer state-of-the-art, low-stress donor housing.Veterinary Services is a vital program of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. We work at the forefront of animal health in a changing world.
Now more than ever, protecting animal health is a complex job. It intersects with some of the most pressing issues of our time: climate change, diseases that can spread from animals to people, global population growth, food security, and public health. We respond to disease emergencies; manage national programs to control or eliminate animal diseases; conduct diagnostic testing; ensure pure, safe, potent, and effective veterinary biologics; and facilitate the safe trade of animals and animal products.
We take a One Health approach, knowing that animals, people, and the environment are interconnected. Diseases like influenza and coronavirus (COVID-19), for example, show the link between animal and human health. Every day, our experts work with partners across all disciplines—here at home and around the world—to find the best health outcomes for all.
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.
Vytelle is transforming the livestock industry with the most advanced, cutting-edge reproductive technology in the field. Vytelle provides a symbiotic solution (connecting better product, better service and better process) by partnering with highly trained veterinarians and reproductive specialists to provide beef and dairy producers with a solution that will advance herd genetics faster.
Wells Enterprises, Inc. is the largest privately held, family-owned ice cream and frozen treat manufacturer in the United States.