A South Dakota State University program designed to train the next generation of agricultural innovators and leaders was approved during the recent South Dakota Board of Regents meetings in Brookings.
The global agricultural leadership master’s degree program is a condensed, 14-month professional curriculum that will provide students with the background and skills they need to contribute to the vitality of agriculture and to the economic growth of rural communities in South Dakota while enhancing the lives of people worldwide.
From 2017 to 2022, agriculture saw the largest annualized growth rate of all major economic sectors in South Dakota. Combined with a projected 5.5% growth in agricultural leadership positions nationwide in the next four years, the global agricultural leadership program is primed to help South Dakota, and the agriculture industry as a whole, continue to grow in the future.
