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3.00 Credits
This course covers the basic and advanced principles and techniques used in selling agricultural merchandise and services. Agricultural Sales has taken on increased importance in recent years. The introduction of new products and services has magnified the need for technically competent knowledgeable sales personnel. Roleplaying and advanced, in-depth sales presentations will be done in class. Students will also be required to make an industry visit and write appropriate letters. THIS COURSE IS FOR BAS AGRONOMY MAJORS ONLY. The course does not apply toward any College of Business majors, certificates, or minors. The course serves as a counterpart to a South Central College course for ease of transfer.
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3.00 Credits
This course is an introduction to agricultural economics. Economic concepts of the food, fiber, and fuel industry will be explored though problem solving exercises and graphical analysis. Consumer and business behavior will be analyzed under various market and regulatory conditions, with major focus spent on determining changes to equilibrium of aggregate supply and demand curves. Both microeconomic and macroeconomic factors will be defined and discussed in relation to global and local agribusiness value chains, including many factors affecting farmers in the American Midwest. THIS COURSE IS FOR BAS AGRONOMY MAJORS ONLY. The course does not apply toward any College of Business majors, certificates, or minors. The course serves as a counterpart to a South Central College course for ease of transfer.
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4.00 Credits
This course covers major aspects of agribusiness from financial management through financial problem solving, analysis, and planning. Students will apply economic and financial concepts by creating balance sheets, income statements, cash flows, inventory controls, and budgets. Students will have the opportunity to apply what they have learned in a computerized farm supply business simulation. Students will also develop management skills needed to be an effective agribusiness manager. THIS COURSE IS FOR BAS AGRONOMY MAJORS ONLY. The course does not apply toward any College of Business majors, certificates, or minors. The course serves as a counterpart to a South Central College course for ease of transfer.
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3.00 Credits
This course examines supply chain concepts and principles, theoretical concepts and their application to modern and future agriculture industries. This course will have an emphasis on regional agriculture and food commodities as well as processed food production and manufacturing. Professionals in the agriculture industry will be brought into class to explain how agribusiness supply chain knowledge and skills are essential to various sectors. Students will have an opportunity to broaden their thinking, understanding, and professional potential as related to the agribusiness and food industry while interacting with professionals and facility tours.
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3.00 Credits
This course covers the principles of agricultural commodity marketing, including cash, forward, futures, and options contracts. Economic impacts on supply, demand, and equilibrium pricing for commodities will be explored. Students will participate in simulated marketing transactions and track local and terminal market pricing. THIS COURSE IS FOR BAS AGRONOMY MAJORS ONLY. The course does not apply toward any College of Business majors, certificates, or minors. The course serves as a counterpart to a South Central College course for ease of transfer.
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2.00 Credits
This course covers strategies of commodity marketing of agricultural products. Students will apply marketing principles in various market situations. Students will work with forward contracts, basis contracts, futures contracts, and option strategies in agriculture commodities. Students will develop market plans for agribusiness marketing and input needs. THIS COURSE IS FOR BAS AGRONOMY MAJORS ONLY. The course does not apply toward any College of Business majors, certificates, or minors. The course serves as a counterpart to a South Central College course for ease of transfer.
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3.00 Credits
This course covers farm estate planning and law topics with direct application to production agriculture. Topics include federal and state estate tax laws and their impact on the transfer of agriculture property. Estate planning options such as wills, life insurance and trusts will be explored. Other topics include farm partnerships and corporations, agricultural legal case studies, basic contracts, legal land descriptions, fence regulations, animal legalities, water rights, bankruptcy, gifting, and liability issues. THIS COURSE IS FOR BAS AGRONOMY MAJORS ONLY. The course does not apply toward any College of Business majors, certificates, or minors. The course serves as a counterpart to a South Central College course for ease of transfer.
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3.00 Credits
The goal of this course is to provide a basic understanding of finance for students entering agribusiness profession. The primary objective of this course is to cover all basic topics, including time value of money, agricultural lending, financial statement analysis following Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), the Farm Credit System, risk in agribusiness, legal matter in agribusiness, national and international trend in agribusiness finance.
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2.00 Credits
This seminar will provide students the opportunity to self-direct studies in agricultural technology in their areas of interest. Technologies to be considered could include but are not limited to, plant protection, precision farming, application industries, livestock equipment, biotechnologies, financial resource management, sustainable agriculture, environmental impacts of agriculture, agricultural workforce, and agricultural production. Some organized events will be part of this course. The major emphasis will be self-directed learning. THIS COURSE IS FOR BAS AGRONOMY MAJORS ONLY. The course does not apply toward any College of Business majors, certificates, or minors. The course serves as a counterpart to a South Central College course for ease of transfer.
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1.00 - 3.00 Credits
This course is designed to give students an opportunity to study abroad while learning basic business principles. The course focuses on building business knowledge in agriculture, food and trade while experiencing these concepts in another country. The course also focuses on cultural competency and understanding and experiencing a different culture. An interactive activity will also take place with a company.
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