Dairy Management Fellowship
This course is for seniors, graduate students, and visiting students with a sincere interest in integrating dairy farm management, economics, and decision-making. The objective of the course is to develop critical thinking skills around how dairy farms are managed and the economic consequences of the decisions. Topics covered are described below. The course is the Capstone course for the Dairy Fellows Program and participation is the primary evaluation mechanism. Field trips, arm visits, and case-study farms are integral parts of the course, and attendance is expected unless extenuating circumstances apply. If you believe you will miss any field trip or case study, you must notify the instructor by email as soon as possible and at least two weeks before the activity.
Topics
- Students will be able to integrate classroom discussions with actual farm data to construct action plans for individual farm businesses to improve productivity and profitability.
- Students will appraise real-life business and management decisions through interactions with dairy farm families and employees and actual financial data pertaining to the business.
- Cultivate the capacity to teach others how to evaluate dairy farm businesses and generate a logical plan to manage misinformation about animals and other management in a dairy and in animal agriculture.
- Develop technical and business management skills through presentations about farm business management and economic decision-making on dairy farms and develop plans for prioritization.
- Students will develop extemporaneous verbal communication skills.
Official roster learning outcomes
Prerequisites & course information
ANSC 2500; ANSC 3510; AEM 3020; ANSC 3511; ANSC 4510.
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026-2027