AGRICULTURAL BUSINESS (AGBUS)

220: Principles of Agricultural Economics. 0-3-3. Economic theory with application to production, marketing, and financing in agribusiness. Institutions such as cooperatives, farm credit systems, foreign agricultural trade, and government will be emphasized.

310: Agricultural Policy. 0-3-3. The impact of agricultural policy on the farm firm and agribusiness industry. Emphasis is placed on policy issues affecting producers and consumers of agricultural products.

402: Economics of Farm Management. 0-3-3. Economics principles applied to individual farm organization and management and study of farm accounting systems. (G)

411: Seminar. 0-1-1 (3). Reviews, reports, and discussion of current problems in Agriculture and related fields.

430: Principles and Practices of Agricultural Marketing. 0-3-3. Methods and channels of agricultural marketing; marketing principles; governmental action concerned with the marketing process; analysis and evaluation of marketing problems. (G)

450: Natural Resource Economics. 0-3-3. Tools for economic decision-making applied to the use and allocation of natural resources associated with agriculture. Costs and benefits of various approaches to natural resource management.

460: Agricultural Finance. 0-3-3. Analysis of financial investments in the agricultural firm, credit sources, debt repayment, capital allocation, and the use of short, intermediate, and long-term credit. (G)