Students develop skills to combine and manage land, labor, and capital resources for a competitive return.
Students choose professional farm management, direct management, or both.
Students may also learn how to appraise farmland and other assets. Farm and other asset appraisal is a growing and important part of professional farm management or can be pursued as a profession in itself. The Farm Management option offers several courses approved for state certification. A Farm Management student transferred to the University of Illinois after two years at a community college. His goal was to work close to production agriculture, through farm management at a bank or at a farm management firm.