ANSC 4510 - Dairy Herd Business Management

(CU-CEL)

Fall. 3 credits. Letter grades only.

Prerequisite: ANSC 2500 or equivalent, ANSC 3510, ANSC 3511, and AEM 3020, or permission of instructor. Co-meets with ANSC 6510.

J. Karszes, M. Van Amburgh.

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.