ALS 3020
Farm Business Management
This course explores the management of farm and food enterprises, with a focus on topics, policies, and issues relevant to New York State agriculture. This course will cover management issues related to organization and context, farm and food policy, marketing, finances, operations, and human resources. To practice applying the concepts and tools learned in class, as well as to support NYS farm and food businesses, this course includes an engaged learning project. In working with your client business you will learn to appropriately use economic and business principles, as well as to employ clear communication strategies.
Topics
- Find, use, and evaluate financial information and decision-tools to make defensible management decisions.
- Advance skills to work with real life clients.
- Develop technical competency to appropriately apply economic and business principles to farm and food businesses.
- Expand written and oral communication skills, including the ability to clearly communicate analysis methods and findings.
Official roster learning outcomes
Prerequisites & course information
AEM 1200 or AEM 2050 or AEM 2200 or AEM 2240 or AEM 2241 or AEM 2310.
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026-2027