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AT-0734: Risk Management in Agriculture

Description: Fundamentals of managing risk in agriculture, particularly for production of row crops and livestock, including sources of risk and cost/benefit analysis of various risk mitigation strategies. Commodity futures contracts and options as price risk management tools. Government policies, particularly crop and livestock insurance provisions of the current Farm Bill.

Pathways: N/A

Course Hours: 2 credits

Prerequisites: N/A

Required By: N/A

Corequisites: AT-0234

Crosslist: N/A

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 8

Average GPA: 2.92 (B)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 27.23%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 0.00%

Joseph W Guthrie202125.2%39.6%19.7%12.1%3.3%0.0%2.666
Morgan Holder202377.6%18.4%2.4%0.0%1.6%0.0%3.702

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