Course Outcome Summary 2026-27

AGEC 2550 Agribusiness Transfer & Law

Course Information

Course information
Course Number AGEC 2550
Course Title Agribusiness Transfer & Law
Description This course covers farm estate planning and law topics with direct application to production agriculture. Topics include federal and state estate tax laws and their impact on the transfer of agriculture property. Estate planning options such as wills, life insurance and trusts will be explored. Other topics include farm partnerships and corporations, agricultural legal case studies, basic contracts, legal land descriptions, fence regulations, animal legalities, water rights, bankruptcy, gifting, and liability issues. (Prerequisites: None)
Total Credits 3
Total Hours 48
Types of Instruction: instruction type, credits, and hours
Instruction Type Credits and Hours
Lecture 3 Credits, 48 Hours

Pre/Corequisites

Pre/Corequisite: None.

Institutional Core Competencies

Course Competencies

  1. Determine appropriate agricultural transfer estate planning principles to utilize on your farm.
  2. Justify the benefits of having a will.
  3. Recommend estate plan gifting and trust strategies based on current state and federal tax policies.
  4. Compare life, multi-peril, liability, and other agricultural insurance policies.
  5. Determine the options for farms in financial peril.
  6. Interpret the property rights of agricultural land owners.
  7. Analyze liability and negligence issues in agriculture.
  8. Differentiate personal and real property; and resulting legal matters for leasing or owning property.
  9. Explain legal matters regarding contracts in agriculture.
  10. Explain relevance of other legal matters important to agriculture.

SCC Accessibility Statement

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