Farm Business & Production Management
Farm Business & Production Management provides students with the skills necessary to manage the resources used in the successful operation of a farm business. The program covers six years of part-time instruction including at least 45 hours of group sessions per year and 8 hours of on-the-farm individual instruction.
Course Layout
Year
|
Concentration
|
Courses of Study
|
| Year One |
Operating the Farm Business |
- Farm and family goals
- Implementing Farm records
- Fundamentals of feeds and feeding
- Fundamentals of soils
|
| Year Two |
Soil Management |
- Soil Management
- Farm records analysis
- Review and special problems
|
| Year Three |
Crop Management |
- Crop management
- Farm records analysis
- Review and special problems
|
| Year Four |
Livestock Nutrition |
- Livestock nutrition
- Farm records analysis
- Review and special problems
|
| Year Five |
Farm Business and Financial Management |
- Farm financial management
- Farm business records and analysis
- Estate planning and property transfer
- Review and special problems
|
| Year Six |
Dairy Herd Management |
- Dairy management and analysis
- Farm buildings and machinery
- Review and special problems
|
Group Instruction (72 hours)
Group instruction: a combination of classroom and out-of-classroom experiences such as:
- Farm tours
- Field trips
- Twilight meetings
- Banquet
- Seminars/Workshops
|
- Computer technology applications
- District-Wide Seminar's
- September-Crop Management
- November-Dairy Mangement Tour
- January-Grain and Milk Marketing March-Farm Estate Planning
|
Individual Instruction (8 hours)
Individual instruction and assistance in the following areas:
- Implementing new technologies
- Record Keeping
- Soil sampling and fertilizer recommendations
- Farm budgeting and financial planning
- Livestock housing
- Farm business analysis
|
- Forage sampling and ration balancing
- Computer assistance
- Problem solving
- Application of coursework
|
Top Operator Managment (36 hours)
- An updated, one credit course available to graduates of Farm Business and Production Management.
- Topics of study include current and emerging issues in farm management.
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