Course Outcome Summary 2026-27

FBMT 2180 Strategies in Farm Commodity Marketing

Course Information

Course information
Course Number FBMT 2180
Course Title Strategies in Farm Commodity Marketing
Description This course is designed to plan marketing strategies necessary to achieve farm business. The student will create a year-round marketing plan utilizing a variety of marketing strategies to maximize farm income return. (Prerequisites: None)
Total Credits 3
Total Hours 12
Types of Instruction: instruction type, credits, and hours
Instruction Type Credits and Hours
Individualized 3 Credits, 12 Hours

Pre/Corequisites

None

Institutional Core Competencies

Course Competencies

  1. Analyze specialty crop and livestock contracts.
  2. Evaluate the financial return to marketing investment.
  3. Evaluate various sources of marketing information.
  4. Interpret commodity charts to identify fundamental market signals.
  5. Interpret commodity charts to identify technical market signals.
  6. Measure intermarket spreads.
  7. Measure intramarket spreads.
  8. Interpret technical indicators to develop marketing strategies.
  9. Propose changes to marketing tool usage.

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