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110. Farm Management (3). Prerequisite: Ag Ec 100. Production
economics and management techniques for analysis of
efficient farm resource use, planning and organization; analysis
of budgeting and optimization techniques, and computer appHcations
for developing farm management plans. (2 lecture, 3 lab
hours) (Former Ag Ec 112)
114. Advanced Farm Management (3). Prerequisite: Ag Ec
110. Design, computerization, and analysis of profit maximizing,
cost minimizing, and multi-period linear programming models;
risk and uncertainty; data and information requirements for decision
making; optimizing the level and mix of crop and livestock
enterprises; development of farm management plans. (Former
Ag Ec 174)
117. Agricultural labor-Management Relations (3). Prerequisite:
Ag Eo 1. Economic analysis at the farm labor market;
labor productivity, agricultural mechanization and farm empioyment;
farm labor laws and government regulations; agricultural
labor relations, unionization, and collective bargaining; farm personnel
administration practices and supervisory management
principles. (Former Ag Ec 125 and 165)
Agribusiness Management (Ag Ec)
120. Agribusiness Management (3). Prerequisite: Ag Ec 1.
Organizational forms and management functions of agribusiness
firms; human resource management systems; management
science principles for optimizing plant location, equipment replacement,
inventory control, and sales volume; operations research
techniques, including probability-based nefwork and
decision models, for solving agribusiness problems. (Former Ag
Ec 167)
122. Agricultural Cooperative Management (3). Prerequisite:
Ag Ec 120. Philosophical, historical, and legislative evolution
of U.S. agricultural cooperatives; uniqueness of cooperative organization,
planning, direction, and control functions vis-a-vis
standard corporations; legal, financial, and tax considerations in
managing input-supply and marketing cooperatives; case studies
and field trips to cooperatives. (Former Ag Ec 185T section)
128. Agricultural law (3). Prerequisite: B A 18. Legislative
laws, administrabVe regulations and judicial decisions affecting
agriculture; nature and disposition of lawsuits; torts covering trespass,
negligence, liability for farm livestock and chemicals; surface
and minerai property rights; water law; farm labor law;
taxation of farm income and estates. (Former Ag Ec 185T
section)
Financial Planning (Ag Ee)
30. Farm Accounting (3). Prerequisite: Ag Ec 1. Basic concepts
and principles of financial accounting systems applied to
farm operations; mechanics of recording single and double entry
transactions under cash and accrual accounting methods; preparation
and analysis of enterprise records and financial statements
to generate management information. (2 lecture, 3 lab hours)
(FormerAg Ec 111 and 151)
130. Agricultural Finance (3). Prerequisite: Ag Ec 1, and
Ag Ec 30 or Acct 4A. Anaiysis of farm financial statements; legal
instruments of financial transactions; institutional sources of farm
credit; time value of money and capital budgeting for agricuitural
Investment; cost of debt and equity capital; risk management
strategies; insurance, tax, and farm estate planning (Former Ag
Ec 127 and 177)
136. Farm and Ranch Appraisal (3). Prerequisite: Ag Ec
110. Principles of agriculturai appraisal; physical and economic
Agriculture-Agricultural Economics and Education
factors affecting land values; estimation of real estate value using
income, cost, and market data approaches; case studies and
field problems involving the valuation of local farm and ranch
properties. (Former Ag Ec 116 and 185T section)
Agricultural Development (Ag Ec)
140. International Agricultural Development (3). Prerequisite:
Ag Ec 1. Agricultural sector development and nationai economic
growth in low income countries; research, extension, and
policy strategies for transforming subsistence farmers into commercial
growers; foreign aid efforts addressing food deficits, malnutrition,
overpopulation, rural underemployment, enVironmental
degradation, inappropriate technology, and capital shortages.
(Former Agri 161)
141. RlIrsl Devel<'1'rnent Administration (3). PrereqUisite:
Ag Ec 140. Application of pubiic administration and business
management principles to directing international agricultural
technical assistance; infrastructure development, institution building,
poiicy formulation, technology transfer, and rural entrepreneurship
in market-oriented and state-planned economies;
program planning, project supervision, and contract management
overseas. (Former Agri 170)
Public Policy (Ag Ec)
150. AgriCUltural Policy (3). Prerequisite: Ag Ec 1. Analysis
of pUblic policies affecting the economic position of U.S. and
California agriculture; government programs influencing agricultural
production, commodity distribution, market prices, and farm
income; selected topics concerning American food and fiber system;
comparative foreign agricultural policies and U.S. frade.
(Former Ag Ec 179)
153. Agricultural Trade (3). Prerequisite: Ag Ec 150. Comparative
advantage, frade models, protectionist barriers, and balance
of payments; world agriculfural trade patterns and
international commodity agreements; domestic farm programs
and foreign trade policies; surplus food aid and concessionary
sales overseas; trade liberalization versus preferences issue and
economic development.
155. Natural Resource Economics (3). Prerequisite: Ag Ec
1. Economic analysis of pUblic policies governing land use, water
management, energy generation, mineral exploitation and forest
administration; review of population pressures and resource conservation;
examination of externalities, property rights issues, resource
use planning, agricultural zoning, environmental
regulations, and reclamation law. (Former Ag Ec 171)
Product Marketing (Ag Ec)
161. AgriCUltural Marketing (3). Prerequisite: Ac Ec 1.
Commodity transformation and product flow through processing
and distribution channels; market structure, conduct, and performance;
marketing system efficiency and marketing bill components;
over supply, marketing orders, grading and standards, and
price stabilization; price forecasting, futures market trading, and
risk management. (Former Ag Ec 172)
162. Commodity Futures Trading (3). Prerequisite: Ag Ec
161. SpeCUlation and the price discovery process; fundamental
analysis and long-run decisions to hedge; technical analysis and
short-run timing of crop/livestock sales; frend line charts utiliZing
moving averages; trading mechanics, price projection, and development
of futures trading plans. (Former Ag Ec 185T section)
163. AgriCUltural Export Marketing (3). PrereqUisite: Ag
Ec 161. Determinafion of potential overseas markets for U.S. agri-
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Object Description
| Title | 1985-86 General Catalog |
| Creator | California State University, Fresno |
| Format | PDF Document |
| Date of publication | 1985-04 |
| Subjects | California State University, Fresno. Curricula. Catalogs |
| Object type | Document |
| Location | Fresno, California |
| Language | eng |
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| Title | Page 133 |
| Full Text Search | 110. Farm Management (3). Prerequisite: Ag Ec 100. Production economics and management techniques for analysis of efficient farm resource use, planning and organization; analysis of budgeting and optimization techniques, and computer appHcations for developing farm management plans. (2 lecture, 3 lab hours) (Former Ag Ec 112) 114. Advanced Farm Management (3). Prerequisite: Ag Ec 110. Design, computerization, and analysis of profit maximizing, cost minimizing, and multi-period linear programming models; risk and uncertainty; data and information requirements for decision making; optimizing the level and mix of crop and livestock enterprises; development of farm management plans. (Former Ag Ec 174) 117. Agricultural labor-Management Relations (3). Prerequisite: Ag Eo 1. Economic analysis at the farm labor market; labor productivity, agricultural mechanization and farm empioyment; farm labor laws and government regulations; agricultural labor relations, unionization, and collective bargaining; farm personnel administration practices and supervisory management principles. (Former Ag Ec 125 and 165) Agribusiness Management (Ag Ec) 120. Agribusiness Management (3). Prerequisite: Ag Ec 1. Organizational forms and management functions of agribusiness firms; human resource management systems; management science principles for optimizing plant location, equipment replacement, inventory control, and sales volume; operations research techniques, including probability-based nefwork and decision models, for solving agribusiness problems. (Former Ag Ec 167) 122. Agricultural Cooperative Management (3). Prerequisite: Ag Ec 120. Philosophical, historical, and legislative evolution of U.S. agricultural cooperatives; uniqueness of cooperative organization, planning, direction, and control functions vis-a-vis standard corporations; legal, financial, and tax considerations in managing input-supply and marketing cooperatives; case studies and field trips to cooperatives. (Former Ag Ec 185T section) 128. Agricultural law (3). Prerequisite: B A 18. Legislative laws, administrabVe regulations and judicial decisions affecting agriculture; nature and disposition of lawsuits; torts covering trespass, negligence, liability for farm livestock and chemicals; surface and minerai property rights; water law; farm labor law; taxation of farm income and estates. (Former Ag Ec 185T section) Financial Planning (Ag Ee) 30. Farm Accounting (3). Prerequisite: Ag Ec 1. Basic concepts and principles of financial accounting systems applied to farm operations; mechanics of recording single and double entry transactions under cash and accrual accounting methods; preparation and analysis of enterprise records and financial statements to generate management information. (2 lecture, 3 lab hours) (FormerAg Ec 111 and 151) 130. Agricultural Finance (3). Prerequisite: Ag Ec 1, and Ag Ec 30 or Acct 4A. Anaiysis of farm financial statements; legal instruments of financial transactions; institutional sources of farm credit; time value of money and capital budgeting for agricuitural Investment; cost of debt and equity capital; risk management strategies; insurance, tax, and farm estate planning (Former Ag Ec 127 and 177) 136. Farm and Ranch Appraisal (3). Prerequisite: Ag Ec 110. Principles of agriculturai appraisal; physical and economic Agriculture-Agricultural Economics and Education factors affecting land values; estimation of real estate value using income, cost, and market data approaches; case studies and field problems involving the valuation of local farm and ranch properties. (Former Ag Ec 116 and 185T section) Agricultural Development (Ag Ec) 140. International Agricultural Development (3). Prerequisite: Ag Ec 1. Agricultural sector development and nationai economic growth in low income countries; research, extension, and policy strategies for transforming subsistence farmers into commercial growers; foreign aid efforts addressing food deficits, malnutrition, overpopulation, rural underemployment, enVironmental degradation, inappropriate technology, and capital shortages. (Former Agri 161) 141. RlIrsl Devel<'1'rnent Administration (3). PrereqUisite: Ag Ec 140. Application of pubiic administration and business management principles to directing international agricultural technical assistance; infrastructure development, institution building, poiicy formulation, technology transfer, and rural entrepreneurship in market-oriented and state-planned economies; program planning, project supervision, and contract management overseas. (Former Agri 170) Public Policy (Ag Ec) 150. AgriCUltural Policy (3). Prerequisite: Ag Ec 1. Analysis of pUblic policies affecting the economic position of U.S. and California agriculture; government programs influencing agricultural production, commodity distribution, market prices, and farm income; selected topics concerning American food and fiber system; comparative foreign agricultural policies and U.S. frade. (Former Ag Ec 179) 153. Agricultural Trade (3). Prerequisite: Ag Ec 150. Comparative advantage, frade models, protectionist barriers, and balance of payments; world agriculfural trade patterns and international commodity agreements; domestic farm programs and foreign trade policies; surplus food aid and concessionary sales overseas; trade liberalization versus preferences issue and economic development. 155. Natural Resource Economics (3). Prerequisite: Ag Ec 1. Economic analysis of pUblic policies governing land use, water management, energy generation, mineral exploitation and forest administration; review of population pressures and resource conservation; examination of externalities, property rights issues, resource use planning, agricultural zoning, environmental regulations, and reclamation law. (Former Ag Ec 171) Product Marketing (Ag Ec) 161. AgriCUltural Marketing (3). Prerequisite: Ac Ec 1. Commodity transformation and product flow through processing and distribution channels; market structure, conduct, and performance; marketing system efficiency and marketing bill components; over supply, marketing orders, grading and standards, and price stabilization; price forecasting, futures market trading, and risk management. (Former Ag Ec 172) 162. Commodity Futures Trading (3). Prerequisite: Ag Ec 161. SpeCUlation and the price discovery process; fundamental analysis and long-run decisions to hedge; technical analysis and short-run timing of crop/livestock sales; frend line charts utiliZing moving averages; trading mechanics, price projection, and development of futures trading plans. (Former Ag Ec 185T section) 163. AgriCUltural Export Marketing (3). PrereqUisite: Ag Ec 161. Determinafion of potential overseas markets for U.S. agri- 133 |
