ALS 3020

Farm Business Management

Course Description

Course information provided by the 2025-2026 Catalog.

This course explores the management of farm and food enterprises, with a focus on topics, policies, and issues relevant to New York State agriculture. This course will cover management issues related to organization and context, farm and food policy, marketing, finances, operations, and human resources. To practice applying the concepts and tools learned in class, as well as to support NYS farm and food businesses, this course includes an engaged learning project. In working with your client business you will learn to appropriately use economic and business principles, as well as to employ clear communication strategies.

Prerequisites REF-FA25 at least one of the following courses: AEM 1200, AEM 2050, AEM 2200, AEM 2240 / 2241, AEM 2310.

Enrollment Information REF-F25 Not open to: first-year students.

Exploratory Studies (CU-SBY)

Last 3 terms offered 2024FA, 2023FA, 2022FA

Learning Outcomes REF-FA25

• Find, use, and evaluate financial information and decision-tools to make defensible management decisions.
• Advance skills to work with real life clients.
• Develop technical competency to appropriately apply economic and business principles to farm and food businesses.
• Expand written and oral communication skills, including the ability to clearly communicate analysis methods and findings.

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