Emphasizes dairy herd business management with application to herd management analysis. Laboratory includes farm tours and analysis.

Outcome 1
Students will develop critical thinking skills in business and financial decision making.

Outcome 2
Students will gain experience in developing group based business outcomes through classroom discussion and interaction in support of their decision making process.

Outcome 3
Students will gain perspective about real-life decisions through interactions with dairy farm families and employees, along with actual financial data pertaining to the business.

Outcome 4
Students will learn how to think extemporaneously and develop verbal communication skills.