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3.00 Credits
This course is designed to give beginning acticulture students an introduction to numerous agricultural business concepts. Areas explored will include setting goals, effective decision making, assessing and solving problems, and development of management skills.
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The process of economic growth; the nature of production, marketing and consumption of food in the US; basic principles of economics applied to agriculture including the production function, input-output analysis, supply, demand and price determination; an overview of the world agricultural situation; and consideration of farm policy problems are the topics covered. Throughout the course, the interrelationships between agricultural and non-agricultural industries are stressed.
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3.00 Credits
An introduction to the organization and operation of small businesses serving the agricultural industry. Areas of study will include business records, office organization and equipment, buying, pricing and selling products and services for a successful business.
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3.00 Credits
A comprehensive study of the organization and functioning of the nation's food marketing system. Institutional, functional, market level, and commodity approaches to analyzing marketing problems are used. Farm product prices, marketing costs, and food prices are studeid based on analysis of economic principles. Practice in futures trading is featured. course not available to full-time matriculated students.
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A study of the structure and operation of the market for milk and milk products in the United States with special emphasis on marketing in the Northeast. Supply of milk, consumption of milk and milk products, pricing mechanisims, role of government, and role of dairy cooperatives will be investigated. A semester course designed primarily for students interested in milk marketing.
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3.00 Credits
The primary methods of marketing fruits and vegetables will be analyzed, such as contract sales, terminal markets, and roadside markets. Emphasis will be placed on roadside markets of commercial scale. Analysis of consumer characteristics, site selection, layout of facilities, sales techniques, and record keeping included. A five-week modular course designed primarily for students interested in fruit and vegetables.
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3.00 Credits
An introduction to the manner in which the agricultural industry generates, updates, stores, retrieves, and disposes of records. Topics include customer lists, inventory records invoicing for goods and services, customizing forms, working with bank accounts, payroll recording and creating reports.
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3.00 Credits
Designed to prepare the student for eventual agribusiness employment. The course emphasizes the operational function of management unique to the agribusiness industry. Management theory and micro economic analyses are applied to practical settings in agribusiness. The role of the co- operative business structure is examined as one aspect of the uniqueness of agricultural business in the United States. Prerequisite: AGBU103
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3.00 Credits
Fundamentals of organization and operation of different types of horse farms, efficiency factors, size considerations, farm organizations, and specific horse farm operations will be examined.
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3.00 Credits
This course centers on factors which affect the profitability of the farm business. Topics include setting goals, measures of productivity and efficiency, decision- making, measuring farm profitabiltiy and effective labor management.
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