AGB 235 - Introduction to Agriculture Markets

Credit(s) 3.00
Lecture Hours: 3.00
This course focuses on the futures market and how it can be used as a marketing tool. Major areas of study include hedging, speculation, price forecasting, spreading, and technical and fundamental analysis. The use of commodity futures options as an economic marketing tool will be covered.

Prerequisite(s): AGB 231 or consent of instructor.
SLOs:
Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

Develop a marketing plan to improve the financial sustainability of a farm business.
Analyze market situations to use the marketing plan.
Recognize the role that world events play in commodity marketing.
Complete a short hedge and a long hedge.
Develop fundamental and technical skills of marketing agricultural commodities.