I. General Information
1. Course Title:
Special Topics - General Farm Management
2. Course Prefix & Number:
FBMT 2206
3. Course Credits and Contact Hours:
Credits: 2
4. Course Description:
This course focuses on the analysis of special topics in general farm management for students actively engaged in the operation and management of a farm business. Student and instructor will choose from said topics to best fit student needs.
1. Tax planning
2. Balance sheet development
3. Cash flow planning
4. Analysis – whole farm
5. Enterprise analysis
6. Record keeping
7. Benchmarking
8. Production yields
9. Ratio interpretation
10. Goal setting
5. Placement Tests Required:
Accuplacer (specify test): |
No placement tests required |
Score: |
|
6. Prerequisite Courses:
FBMT 2206 - Special Topics - General Farm Management
There are no prerequisites for this course.
9. Co-requisite Courses:
FBMT 2206 - Special Topics - General Farm Management
There are no corequisites for this course.
III. Course Purpose
Program-Applicable Courses – This course fulfills a requirement for the following program(s):
Agricultural Commodities Marketing Certificate
IV. Learning Outcomes
1. College-Wide Outcomes
College-Wide Outcomes/Competencies |
Students will be able to: |
Assess alternative solutions to a problem |
Identify the current issue and list potential options to address the issue |
Analyze and follow a sequence of operations |
Select preferred option after analysis of alternatives |
Utilize appropriate technology |
Produce document(s) using computer software when appropriate |
2. Course Specific Outcomes - Students will be able to achieve the following measurable goals upon completion of
the course:
- Determine a general farm management specific focus for the course based on your farm business;
- Investigate information related to the general farm management special focus;
- Develop an implementation plan;
- Determine the challenges that affect the farm business related to the course focus;
- Research and implement the opportunities that affect the farm business related to the course focus; and
- Collect and evaluate the plan results.
V. Topical Outline
Listed below are major areas of content typically covered in this course.
1. Lecture Sessions
- Determine a general farm management specific focus for the course based on your farm business
- Select general farm management area to be evaluated
- Identify factors for consideration
- Examine tools needed to assist with analysis
- Investigate information related to the general farm management special focus
- Research publications and other sources of pertinent data
- Compare data for options related to focus area
- Develop an implementation plan
- Identify key factors to include in plan
- Incorporate findings into plan
- Finalize the plan
- Implement the plan
- Evaluate the plan
- Monitor actions
- Record findings
- Consider modifications to the plan as needed, based on findings
I. General Information
1. Course Title:
Special Topics - General Farm Management
2. Course Prefix & Number:
FBMT 2206
3. Course Credits and Contact Hours:
Credits: 2
4. Course Description:
This course focuses on the analysis of special topics in general farm management for students actively engaged in the operation and management of a farm business. Student and instructor will choose from said topics to best fit student needs.
1. Tax planning
2. Balance sheet development
3. Cash flow planning
4. Analysis – whole farm
5. Enterprise analysis
6. Record keeping
7. Benchmarking
8. Production yields
9. Ratio interpretation
10. Goal setting
5. Placement Tests Required:
Accuplacer (specify test): |
No placement tests required |
Score: |
|
6. Prerequisite Courses:
FBMT 2206 - Special Topics - General Farm Management
There are no prerequisites for this course.
9. Co-requisite Courses:
FBMT 2206 - Special Topics - General Farm Management
There are no corequisites for this course.
II. Transfer and Articulation
III. Course Purpose
1. Program-Applicable Courses – This course fulfills a requirement for the following program(s):
Agricultural Commodities Marketing Certificate
IV. Learning Outcomes
1. College-Wide Outcomes
College-Wide Outcomes/Competencies |
Students will be able to: |
Analyze and follow a sequence of operations |
Select preferred option after analysis of alternatives |
Utilize appropriate technology |
Produce document(s) using computer software when appropriate |
2. Course Specific Outcomes - Students will be able to achieve the following measurable goals upon completion of
the course:
- Determine a general farm management specific focus for the course based on your farm business;
- Investigate information related to the general farm management special focus;
- Develop an implementation plan;
- Determine the challenges that affect the farm business related to the course focus;
- Research and implement the opportunities that affect the farm business related to the course focus; and
- Collect and evaluate the plan results.
V. Topical Outline
Listed below are major areas of content typically covered in this course.
1. Lecture Sessions
- Determine a general farm management specific focus for the course based on your farm business
- Select general farm management area to be evaluated
- Identify factors for consideration
- Examine tools needed to assist with analysis
- Investigate information related to the general farm management special focus
- Research publications and other sources of pertinent data
- Compare data for options related to focus area
- Develop an implementation plan
- Identify key factors to include in plan
- Incorporate findings into plan
- Finalize the plan
- Implement the plan
- Evaluate the plan
- Monitor actions
- Record findings
- Consider modifications to the plan as needed, based on findings