Basic course in farm accounts, inventories, production records, machinery costs, and financial records. Includes depreciation, feed check, monthly inventory, and household expense.

Lab for AGRI 1030, including soil samples, texture, soil surveys, nutrient deficiency, lime recommendations, cation exchange capacity, texture triangle, and acre furrow slice.

Lab experience for AGRI 1050.

Plant growth and development of Monocot and Dicot plants; basic plant anatomy and growth stages; methods of plant reproduction and seed production; basic plant genetics and plant physiology; identification of uses of crops grown in the Midwest.

Mechanically sound welds in the overhead position with shielded metal arc welding and oxyacetylene, including bronze and braze welding, hard facing, basic engine lathe, and milling machine operations.

Use of herbicides, insecticides, fungicides, and nematocides, identification of pests, types of pesticide materials and selection, handling and use of pesticides, and application equipment.

This course will provide and introduction to agribusiness and food products marketing in the U.S. This course includes a background on the workings of the U.S. food marketing system and how this system affects farm producers, consumers, and middlemen such as processors, wholesalers, retailers, and food services. Students will gain an understanding of how food products move through a food marketing channel to the final point of consumption and how consumer demand, marketing, and information technology as well as political forces have shaped the agricultural food marketing industry over time.

Lab for AGRI 1350.

A course that includes introductory through advanced spreadsheet applications, advanced word processing tools, and integrated software applications for agricultural business situations.

Basics of electricity with emphasis on safety.

Advanced study including gas metal arc welding and gas tungsten arc welding.

Study of advanced formulations of fertilizers based on soil tests. Review of soils testing and evaluation, nutrient requirements. Includes use of programmable calculators where applicable.

Marketing plans and charting to develop more detailed knowledge of agricultural marketing.

Economical management and cultural practices used in hay, haylage, silage, pasture and range production. Theories and practices relating to variety selection, seeding rates, fertilization, establishment, weed control and harvesting of forages.

A study of the principles and concepts involved with site specific management and the evaluation of geographic information systems for crop product practices. The course will focus on hands-on experience with the hardware and software necessary for successful application of the information affecting crop management.

Work-study program for in-depth instruction on the job. The college gives both related and vocational instruction before and-or during this period, including seminars directly related to the work experience. These experiences are planned and supervised by the college and employers so that each contributes to the student’s education and employability.

Monitoring insect and weed problems, pasture rotation, collection of insects and weeds, cultivation and fertilization, nitrate testing, and fertilizer implement calibration. Infield application of irrigation practices, setting moisture blocks, tension meter, irrigation scheduling, as well as designing an irrigation system and keeping irrigation records.

Designed to help students understand positive interpersonal relationships and their contribution to the process of potentiality development.

Development of both oral and written communicative skills essential to career areas. Includes business letters, job applications, and analyzing and writing of technical reports.

Begins to develop pre-algebra skills for success in occupations that will later require algebra skills, such as agriculture and fire science. The topics include numeration, measurement, ratio and proportion, percent, signed numbers, and an introduction to algebra.

An introductory course covering the Windows environment, file management, word processing software, the Internet and their application to actual agricultural business situations. Students learn how to use common word processing software tools, computer file management, and the world wide web.

Introductory course to help students develop a basic understanding and appreciation for the role of economics in agriculture at the farm, national, and international levels. Students will learn to apply various economic principles and concepts relating to production agriculture, business management, consumer behavior, market price analysis and equilibrium, and policy information.