2023 - 2024 Catalog

Quarters Offered: Winter

Teaches proper farm record keeping, including income, expenses, inventory, depreciation, crop and livestock. Utilizes a computerized system for such records, and calculates end-of-year totals for income tax purposes. Some sections may have a no-cost text book option.

Quarters Offered: Fall, Winter, Spring

Teaches students about basic hand record keeping, including inventory, depreciation, and income/expenses. Reviews income tax laws and current regulations for employee records. Discusses basic farm business management terms, forms, and farm ownership types.

Quarters Offered: Winter, Spring

Applies economic and business principles to the management of agri-business firms, including farms and ranches; goal setting and management information; planning and decision-making tools; and acquiring, organizing, and managing land, labor and capital resources. Some sections may have a no-cost text book option.

Quarters Offered: Spring

Presents organization and functions of domestic and international markets, market channels for various agricultural commodities, and roles of agri-business, cooperatives, and government in marketing decisions. Discusses, in full detail, the futures market and forward contracting.

Quarters Offered: Fall

Introduces economic and marketing principles in global agricultural markets. Analyzes impacts of foreign policy for exporting and importing countries on agricultural markets. Provides a base knowledge of WTO and GATT history/function in agricultural markets today.

Quarters Offered: Offered as needed

Project oriented course where students will select an agricultural area of focus to create a feasibility study or economic analysis. Currently published data and figures will be used to develop a report. Presentations will be given as a final for the course. Instructor approval required.