Option Requirements A student must receive a grade C or better in all courses for the minor
Agricultural Business is a dynamic industry with a high degree of global and technological sophistication. Many
employment possibilities are open to students with training in agricultural business.
Positions are available with businesses which process and market agricultural products,
and with the large number of businesses that sell products and services to farmers
and ranchers, such as fertilizer companies, farm machinery companies, banks, and farm
credit institutions. Also, opportunities exist to operate and manage farms and ranches.
In addition, federal and state governments employ persons with training in agricultural
business. Many of our graduates work for regional, national, and even international
agricultural business firms that market, process, and transport agricultural products.
Other graduates work for companies that service agriculture by supplying inputs to
producers. Agricultural credit institutions employ many of our graduates. Some of
our graduates continue their education by pursuing graduate degrees or attending law
school companies that are on the cutting edge in the use of biotechnology, strategy, information
systems, risk management, logistics and international trade.
The study of agricultural business involves the application of business and economic
principles to farming and ranching and related sectors of the general economy. Training
in agricultural business includes courses in agricultural firm management, marketing
farm products, farm credit and finance, agricultural prices and outlook, agricultural
policy, management science, agricultural law, technical agriculture and the business
aspects of industries serving agriculture.
Surveys indicate that employers seek out graduates with expertise in communication,
critical thinking, business management and quantitative analysis. Our program specifically
develops each of these skills.
Here are a few videos demonstrating what Ag Business can be used for in the industry:
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Ag Business/ Ag Econ in the News
Check out AgEconMT and the most recent news updates. Look at how COVID-19 will impact Ag markets all
across the country.
