Present and Emerging Agricultural Occupations in Yamhill County
Present and Emerging Agricultural Occupations in Yamhill County

Author: Ernest Louis Davis

Publisher:

Published: 1969

Total Pages: 150

ISBN-13:

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Modern technology has advanced to such a high degree that education now stands between all men and all work. What it means in specific occupational possibilities and opportunities is the area of this research. The farmer has made tremendous strides in production and is supported by a large group of people who service, process, and distribute the products of the farm. Today there are more jobs in off-farm agricultural occupations than there are on the farm. The purpose of this study is to identify the off-farm agricultural occupations in Yamhill County. Information for this study was obtained by mailed questionnaire and by personal interviews with persons that were qualified to supply the desired information about the business and the employees. The firms surveyed in Yamhill County indicated that a large number of employees needed an agricultural background. Most of the off -farm agricultural occupations are in the technical categories and no additional opportunities exist in the next five years for the unskilled level. The greatest number of the off -farm agricultural jobs require a high school education. Over one-half of the employers show some interest in working with the high schools to establish work experience programs for students. A general knowledge of agriculture and rural life is the most needed competency required for off-farm agricultural workers. Based on the findings of this study production agriculture should continue to be the core of instruction for vocational agriculture. Current programs should be enriched and extended to serve off-farm agriculture occupations. The Future Farmers of America organization should continue to be a strong and integral part of the vocational agriculture program.

Tightrope
Tightrope

Author: Nicholas D. Kristof

Publisher: Vintage

Published: 2020-09-01

Total Pages: 322

ISBN-13: 0525564179

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NATIONAL BESTSELLER • With stark poignancy and political dispassion Tightrope addresses the crisis in working-class America while focusing on solutions to mend a half century of governmental failure. This must-read book from the authors of Half the Sky “shows how we can and must do better” (Katie Couric). "A deft and uniquely credible exploration of rural America, and of other left-behind pockets of our country. One of the most important books I've read on the state of our disunion."—Tara Westover, author of Educated Drawing us deep into an “other America,” the authors tell this story, in part, through the lives of some of the people with whom Kristof grew up, in rural Yamhill, Oregon. It’s an area that prospered for much of the twentieth century but has been devastated in the last few decades as blue-collar jobs disappeared. About a quarter of the children on Kristof’s old school bus died in adulthood from drugs, alcohol, suicide, or reckless accidents. While these particular stories unfolded in one corner of the country, they are representative of many places the authors write about, ranging from the Dakotas and Oklahoma to New York and Virginia. With their superb, nuanced reportage, Kristof and WuDunn have given us a book that is both riveting and impossible to ignore.