Course Outcome Summary 2026-27

AGBS 2150 Agribusiness Financial Management

Course Information

Course information
Course Number AGBS 2150
Course Title Agribusiness Financial Management
Description This course covers major aspects of agribusiness from financial management through financial problem solving, analysis, and planning. Students will apply economic and financial concepts by creating balance sheets, income statements, cash flows, inventory controls, and budgets. Students will have the opportunity to apply what they have learned in a computerized farm supply business simulation. Students will also develop management skills needed to be an effective agribusiness manager. (Prerequisites: AGEC 1100)
Total Credits 4
Total Hours 80
Types of Instruction: instruction type, credits, and hours
Instruction Type Credits and Hours
Lecture 3 Credits, 60 Hours
Lab 1 Credit, 20 Hours

Pre/Corequisites

Prerequisite: AGEC 1100

Institutional Core Competencies

Course Competencies

  1. Identify management's role in Agribusiness.
  2. Apply concepts of Economics for Agribusiness managers.
  3. Develop a working knowledge of how financial statements aid the agribusiness manager's decision making process.
  4. Discuss the marketing mix.
  5. Demonstrate effective ways agribusinesses utilize financing.
  6. Utilize tools for evaluating operating decisions.
  7. Identify critical task of business organization.
  8. Articulate the unique characteristics of the food and agribusiness industry.
  9. Utilize agribusiness firm financial statements.
  10. Demonstrate the development and use of pro forma financial statements to make decisions.
  11. Demonstrate the use of sweet 16 ratios in agribusiness analysis.
  12. Examine tools for evaluating investment decisions.

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