Designed to reinforce and strengthen the students’ knowledge of management and financial concepts as applied in an agribusiness setting. This course will expand previously acquired accounting, finance, and management analytical skills and tools in agribusiness decision-making. These skills and knowledge will be applied in real business situations through class projects.
Athena Title
Adv Agribusiness Management
Semester Course Offered
Offered spring
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Student learning Outcomes
Students will acquire greater familiarity and knowledge of important, relevant agribusiness concepts and tools for business decision-making.
Students will develop skills in conducting business feasibility analyses, especially the financial analysis component.
Students will participate in and learn from directly working with an actual agribusiness firm as “business consultants” who will analyze business situations, evaluate proposed plans and strategies, and make business operating recommendations to help business owners make optimal business decisions.
Topical Outline
1. Farm accounting’s major areas of departure from Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)
2. Farm financial analysis – financial ratios, business strategy analyses (Dupont), and business growth (Sustainable Growth Paradigm)
3. Tools of Investment Analysis
4. Major Non-Financial Inputs
a. Farmland ownership and leasing
b. Machineries and equipment
c. Farm Labor
5. Enterprise and Partial Budgeting Models
6. Financial Projections and Sensitivity Analyses
7. Developing Business Plans and Conducting Feasibility Analyses
8. Financial Inputs
a. Credit Risk
b. Capital Structure
9. Special topics on marketing/production structures (coordination/integration), cooperatives, and risk management strategies
Institutional Competencies Learning Outcomes
Analytical Thinking
The ability to reason, interpret, analyze, and solve problems from a wide array of authentic contexts.
