{"id":8078,"date":"2021-07-12T04:21:19","date_gmt":"2021-07-12T04:21:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.explorecareers.emotedigital.com.au\/industry\/agricultural-horticultural\/"},"modified":"2024-04-29T12:30:17","modified_gmt":"2024-04-29T02:30:17","slug":"agricultural-horticultural","status":"publish","type":"ra-industry","link":"https:\/\/explorecareers.com.au\/industry\/agricultural-horticultural\/","title":{"rendered":"Agricultural &#038; Horticultural"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The agricultural and horticultural industry is responsible for managing some of Australia\u2019s natural resources in a variety of ways.<\/p>\n<p>Agricultural encompasses a breadth of produce including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Grains and plant produce<\/li>\n<li>Dairy produce<\/li>\n<li>Animal meat and related produce<\/li>\n<li>Cotton and wool produce<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The agriculture industry is divided into two core areas:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Growers:<\/strong> including crops, which could be grown outdoors or using indoor\/covered growing techniques.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Farmers:<\/strong> including sheep, cattle, poultry, deer and other livestock such as chickens.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Australia plays a big role internationally in the export of agricultural services and products, especially across beef, lamb, wool, cotton and sugar. Around 70% of all Australian farmed produce is exported globally.<\/p>\n<p>The horticultural industry encompasses:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Fruit and vegetables produce<\/li>\n<li>Nuts and seeds<\/li>\n<li>Flowers, turf and nursery products<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The industry operates in a competitive domestic and international market, is very labour intensive and mostly seasonal.<\/p>\n<p>Horticultural roles can be divided into two areas:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Production:<\/strong> supporting the growth and production of seasonal plants and natural resources for sale\/export.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Amenity<\/strong>: supporting the growth and production of plants for recreational\/residential purposes.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Both the agricultural and horticultural industries are reliant on seasonal work due to the nature of the services and products they work with. It can be a demanding but incredibly satisfying industry to build a career in!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":8079,"template":"","meta":{"content-type":""},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/explorecareers.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ra-industry\/8078"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/explorecareers.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ra-industry"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/explorecareers.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ra-industry"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/explorecareers.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/explorecareers.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8079"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/explorecareers.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8078"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}