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Farm Business & Production Management
Course Descriptions

These courses provide an opportunity for students to develop the knowledge, skills, and understanding required for employment in this field.

30-090-381 FARM BUSINESS OPERATION

...farm organization; cash flow; financial statements and budgeting; credit needs; record keeping systems; business structure for farm operation; tax issues; farm business analysis; and decision making

Cover of a Ledger Book

30-090-382 SOILS MANAGEMENT

...preparing and implementing a land use plan, soil testing procedures and reports, corrective fertilizers, soil conservation, safe use of farm machinery and equipment, and farm business analysis.

NWTC Farm student in a lab learning soil testing procedures.

30-090-383 CROP MANAGEMENT

...economics, alternative crop strategies, production management, variety selection, maintenance fertilization, pest controls and chemicals, harvesting, storage, marketing, and farm business analysis.

Farmer spraying crops in field with tractor.

30-090-384 LIVESTOCK NUTRITION

...sound feeding management; economics of feeds; nutritional terminology and requirements; feed consumption; feed tag labels for protein, energy, minerals, and vitamins; evaluate feeding programs; and metabolic diseases.

NWTC Farm student evaluating livestock nutrition on pigs.

30-090-385 LIVESTOCK MANAGEMENT

...livestock selection; breeding management; herd health; young stock management; selection, operation, and maintenance of milking, feeding, ventilation, and manure handling systems; farm buildings; feed storage; and farm business analysis.

NWTC Farm student learning differnet techniques on milking cows.

30-090-386 FARM RECORD/BUSINESS ANALYSIS

...farm business goals, use of farm credit, farm business arrangements, orderly farm transfer, farm estate planning, farm income taxes, computer records, and farm business analysis.

NWTC Farm student filling out farm operating expenses.

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