I think parent meant that the schools that folks who work in ag go to tend to be "ag and mining" type schools, most of which are not state flagships. IME that'

I think parent meant that the schools that folks who work in ag go to tend to be "ag and mining" type schools, most of which are not state flagships. IME that's true at least int he midwest. Most people I've met who work in ag in the midwest did not attend Madison/Ann Arbor/UIUC/etc. They attended places like SIU-E, UW-Whitewater, Minnesota @ Rochester, etc. Usually because those schools were like 1/2 of the price and closer to home. And what parent said was also true -- those schools do teach a lot of useful skills; if you're selling machines to farmers, your clients probably know more about mech.e than even most of you software engineers.