3723

Natural Resource Economics

Prerequisite(s): Junior standing or above or consent of the chair

Emphasis on the application of demand, supply, and price concepts in the study of natural resource use, policies, and management.  Interdependence between environmental quality and economic actions are examined through discussion of property rights, economic incentives, externalities, and economic components of environmental policies.

3(3-0)

3783

Applied Agribusiness Management

Prerequisite(s): MGMT 3013

A study of applied agricultural marketing, production, risk, human resource management, and financial management in agribusiness firms.  Particular attention is given to the application of economic principles to the management of marketing and farm supply firms. 

3(3-0)

3923

Applied Agricultural Marketing

Prerequisite(s): MKTG 3723

A broad view of applied agricultural marketing; food markets and consumption; marketing functions and institutions; prices, competition, and marketing costs; functional and organizational issues; food marketing regulations; commodity marketing. 

3(3-0)

4423

Agriculture Policy

Prerequisite(s): Junior standing or above or consent of the chair

Institutional and analytical treatment of historical and current economic problems, public policies and government programs affecting agriculture and rural America.

3(3-0)

4643

International Agricultural Trade

Prerequisite(s): Junior standing or above or consent of the chair

Applied economics of international agricultural trade. Emphasis on why trade occurs, current agricultural trade patterns, the effects of agricultural policy on trade, and the institutions of trade

3(3-0)

4723

Agricultural Price Analysis

Prerequisite(s): Junior standing or above or consent of the chair, and ECON 3333 and ECON 3543

Price theory and techniques for predicting price behavior of general economy and price behavior of individual agricultural products will be analyzed.  Provides practice in the application of economics and statistics to agricultural price analysis. 

3(3-0)