AGRIBUSINESS ECONOMICS (AGBE)

(O) and (E) Denote Odd and Even Years Respectively

AGBE 2100. Economics of Agriculture.--Fall, Spring. Lec. 3. Credit 3.
Economic principles as they relate to agriculture, the place of agriculture and agribusiness in the national economy.

AGBE 3110. Agricultural Marketing and Futures.--Fall. Lec. 3. Credit 3.
Institutions involved in marketing agricultural products and the use of futures and hedging.

AGBE 3120. Agricultural Price Analysis.--Spring. (O). Lec. 3. Credit 3.
Prerequisite: AGBE 2100. Principles of price determination, price indexes and their use, parity price, and tools of price analysis.

AGBE 3400. Agricultural Finance.--Spring. Lec. 3. Credit 3.
Prerequisite: ACCT 2110. Financial statements and analyses for farms and agribusiness firms, time value of money, capital and credit requirements and sources.

AGBE 4030. Agribusiness Management.--Spring. Lec. 3. Credit 3.
Economics and business principles applied to farm management, resources allocation, budgeting, and records.

AGBE 4120 (5120). Environmental and Natural Resource Economics.--Fall.  Lec. 3. Credit 3.
Prerequisite: AGBE 2100 and/or ECON 2010 or consent of instructor. Issues and policies involving pollution, depletable and renewable resources, and sustainable development.

AGBE 4130 (AGBE 413). Agricultural Policy.--Spring. (E). Lec. 3. Credit 3.
Prerequisite: Senior standing. Rural and urban values, farm problems, relationship of agriculture to public policy, policy vs. programs, and appraisal of program results.

AGBE 4210 (5210). Agricultural and Biological Statistics.--Fall. Lec. 3. Credit 3.
Sampling, probability, distributions, statistical tests, analysis of variance, regression, and interpretation of data.

AGBE 4940-4950 (5940-5950). Agribusiness Economics Topics. Credit 1-4.
Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. Special study in an approved area of agribusiness economics under the supervision of a member of the School of Agriculture faculty.