HORTICULTURE SCIENCE
GENERAL AGRICULTURE
|
Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
|
Agriculture careers account for approximately ____ percent of Illinois careers?
|
|
3%
|
|
|
7%
|
|
|
13%
|
|
|
20%
|
Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -However, according to Business Standard, there has been an increase in the share of agriculture in overall employment. It was 42.5% in 2018-19, which rose to 45.5% in 2021-22.
Detailed explanation-2: -In 2021, Illinois generated around $21.5 billion in agricultural cash receipts with the highest valued commodities being corn, soybeans, and hogs. That same year, the value of Illinois’s agricultural production and processing industries represented 3.2 percent of total state GDP.
There is 1 question to complete.