ANSC 4510 - Dairy Herd Business Management

Fall. 3 credits. Letter grades only.

Corequisite: ANSC 4560.

M. Van Amburgh, J. Karszes.

Emphasizes dairy herd business management with application to herd management analysis. Laboratory includes farm tours and analysis.

Outcome 1: Students will develop critical thinking skills in business and financial decision making.

Outcome 2: Students will gain experience in developing group based business outcomes through classroom discussion and interaction in support of their decision making process.

Outcome 3: Students will gain perspective about real-life decisions through interactions with dairy farm families and employees, along with actual financial data pertaining to the business.

Outcome 4: Students will learn how to think extemporaneously and develop verbal communication skills.