Agricultural Business Management Agriculture is America's biggest business, agribusiness includes all the firms that bring food and fiber to consumers. Offered jointly by the College of Agricultural Sciences and The Mary Jean and Frank P. Smeal College of Business Administration, the agricultural business management major provides a background in business and agricultural economics.
Students specialize in either production agriculture or a field of business.
This major is part of the Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology. The food and fiber sector represents a dynamic element of American industry in production, processing, and distribution of final products. A major in agricultural business management provides students the opportunity to acquire the business skills and specialized knowledge to participate in the management of this dynamic industry. Each year, approximately 10 percent of our students continue their studies in graduate school before seeking a full-time job. Baccalaureate degree graduates in ag business management will find sales and management positions in agriculture and food supply and service firms.