Agricultural Markets and Prices (AH)

3 credits · Undergraduate

An introduction to agricultural market and price analysis as a field of study within agricultural economics. An applied microeconomics approach is taken to studying agricultural supply and demand, price discovery, and market structure for crop and livestock products. In addition to cash (spot) markets, agricultural futures and options markets are studied, including managing agricultural commodity price risk by hedging. PREREQUISITES: ECOA 1000.03 FORMATS: Lecture | Online Delivery