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Virginia Tech

DASC-4476: Dairy Enterprise Management

Description: Decision strategies for modern dairy businesses. 4475: Emphasis on relationships of enterprises and techniques for evaluation of business alternatives, efficiency of production, and profit. Use of microcomputer software to support management decision. 4476: Concentration on herd replacements, personnel, facilities and issues of management associated with rapidly changing national and international markets, environmental regulations, and computer applications. Group projects and hands-on management of university dairy herd. Pre-requisite may be waived with permission of instructor.

Pathways: N/A

Course Hours: 3 credits

Prerequisites: DASC-3474 and (AAEC-3454 or DASC-4475)

Required By: N/A

Corequisites: N/A

Crosslist: N/A

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 16

Average GPA: 3.56 (A-)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 40.74%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 0.00%

Ronald E Pearson200826.5%71.8%0.0%0.0%1.7%0.0%3.314
Connor E Owens2019100.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%4.001
Mark D Hanigan201871.7%23.8%3.0%1.6%0.0%0.0%3.599
Katharine F Knowlton2020100.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.881
Campos Leticia Marra202257.2%42.9%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.571

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