ANSC 4511 - Quantitative Decision Making on Dairy Farms

Fall. 3 credits. S-U or letter grade option.

Prerequisite: ANSC 2500.

P. A. Ospina and M. E. Van Amburgh.

Course objective is to enhance critical thinking skills in dairy management using a problem-based approach and to further develop the tools necessary to analyze situations and issues. Data acquisition and analyses (using programs such as Dairy Comp 305) are used along with spreadsheet development for partial budgets. There are in-class questions along with take-home assignments.