Agricultural Business B.S.

The program blends a strong base of agriculture, business, and general education courses while maximizing flexibility that allows students to choose electives to fit their career interests and expectations. A wide array of challenging, satisfying, and rewarding careers await graduates as demand for trained personnel in agribusiness continues to outstrip the supply of qualified graduates. Clusters of employment opportunities include agricultural sales and marketing, agribusiness management, agribusiness finance, agribusiness information management, food marketing management, global agribusiness, and rural economic development.

Program outcomes; graduates demonstrate ability to:

• Create and present a strategic agribusiness plan that incorporates market analysis, risk
analysis, and financial analysis.
• Select and apply investment analysis techniques and interpret results.
• Construct, interpret, and analyze a set of coordinated financial statements, consisting of balance
sheets, income statement, and statement of cash flow.
• Demonstrate competency in the use of spreadsheets, computerized recording keeping, and financial
analysis software.
• Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the interconnections between production, sales, and
the consumption of food and fiber.
• Evaluate the impact of cash forward contracts, commodity futures, and option contracts on the
buying/selling prices of commodities.