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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: 6

Average GPA: 3.22 (rounds to B+)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 45.12%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 0.00%

Joseph W Guthrie202128.6%35.6%18.9%13.6%3.4%0.0%2.653
Morgan Holder202485.1%12.3%1.6%0.0%1.1%0.0%3.793

Grade Distribution Over Time

1234GPA
Fall 2019Fall 2020Fall 2021Fall 2022Fall 2023Fall 2024Term050% W