Present and projected world food/population balance by geographic regions; food production and world trade in agricultural products with an emphasis upon the implications for U.S. agriculture; an introduction to agricultural development problems of the less developed nations of Latin America, Africa, and Asia.

Provides students with a unique and practical overview of the economics of the livestock and meat marketing system. Topics will include general marketing, price forecasting, price risk management, decision making, and capital investment analysis.

Study of production and utilization of grain by areas of the world, the marketing systems for grain, and the application of economic and marketing principles to the pricing and movement of grain.

This course provides knowledge about the unique features of cooperatives and their role in a market economy and examines the structure organization, finance, management, and operations of cooperative organizations.

This course examines the market structure and institutions associated with horticultural and nursery product markets within the context of formulating and evaluating alternative, firm-specific marketing strategies.

The principles of sustained yield timber management, organization of the forest area, management objectives, timber valuation, regulation of the cut, and timber management plans. Lecture, three hours; laboratory, two hours per week.

Economic analysis of the problems of assuring resource availability and environmental quality. Theoretical concepts and empirical tools for evaluating resource and environmental policy.

Agribusiness employers and graduate programs highly value data analysis skills using spreadsheet and programming software. This course integrates statistical methods with software (e.g., Microsoft Excel) applications for agricultural economics. The course emphasizes competencies interpreting and illustrating quantitative information and requires a term paper and oral presentation.

This course uses calculus to develop core concepts in microeconomics and show how they can be applied to agricultural and natural resource issues. A central objective of this course is to link mathematical techniques with economic analysis to show students that calculus provides an efficient way to study producer and consumer behavior.

A study of institutional, economic and cultural factors that influence aggregate agricultural trade and exports of individual agribusinesses. Macro issues of agricultural trade policies are examined along with elements of international marketing for agricultural products.