Agricultural Systems Management

Applies economic principles to manage agricultural production systems, covering optimization, finance, and policy.

offering recorded3 credits
Recorded instructors · Fall 2026 Jeremy Beach

Summary

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Historical reviews of Fengxia Dong, Paul Mitchell: The course is generally considered easy with low difficulty ratings. Workload includes a few assignments or weekly problem sets, but no textbook is required. Exams are based on homework and lecture notes.

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Prerequisites

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A A E 101(215 prior to Fall 2024),ECON 101, or 111

AAE 320

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Professors

Fall 2026

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2023: 3.77 GPA, 88.5% A/AB (n=26 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.79 GPA, 85.7% A/AB (n=21 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.79 GPA, 89.3% A/AB (n=28 letter grades).

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

Jeremy Beach is the current instructor. Historical reviews for Paul Mitchell describe him as friendly, accessible, and effective, with straightforward exams and helpful lecture notes. Reviewers consistently note his flexibility and understanding of student circumstances.

FENGXIA DONG is recorded teaching in Fall 2013, Fall 2017. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

JEREMY BEACH is recorded teaching in Fall 2023, Fall 2024, Fall 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

PAUL MITCHELL is recorded teaching in Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Fall 2014, Fall 2015, Fall 2016, Fall 2018, Fall 2019, Fall 2020, Fall 2021, Fall 2022. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Calendar & sections

Fall 2026

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SectionModeEnrolled / capacityWaitlist
LEC 001Classroom Instruction40 / 450

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Student experience

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Historical reviews of Paul Mitchell: Paul Mitchell is consistently praised as an entertaining and friendly professor who makes the class enjoyable. Reviewers highlight that exams are straightforward and often mirror in-class examples or posted old exams.

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2023: 3.77 GPA, 88.5% A/AB (n=26 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.79 GPA, 85.7% A/AB (n=21 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.79 GPA, 89.3% A/AB (n=28 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

Historical reviews of Fengxia Dong, Paul Mitchell: The course is generally considered easy with low difficulty ratings. Workload includes a few assignments or weekly problem sets, but no textbook is required. Exams are based on homework and lecture notes.

Historical reviews of Fengxia Dong, Paul Mitchell: Students find the class applicable to their majors and helpful for assignments. Lecture notes and old exams are posted online, and instructors are described as available and flexible with deadlines and rescheduling.

Topics

  • Optimizing production, farm finance, tax management, business entities, federal commodity programs, and US agricultural sector challenges.

Skills

  • Optimizing production, financial analysis, tax management, and business entity structuring.
  • Analyzing the structure and challenges of the US agricultural sector.

Grades

Latest available · Fall 2025— not enough history to project Fall 2026.

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Catalog & offerings

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AAE 320 · Fall 2026

Agricultural Systems Management

Recorded 2026-09-07
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