AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES MARKETING

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FISC 121

课程描述

This course focuses on the farm and its marketing environment and provides an overview of the economics of grain and milk markets. The course concentrates on developing skills for effective grain and dairy marketing analysis and strategies. It examines forward contracting, hedging on futures markets, delayed pricing and options trading. It will also examine farm policies and the impact on farms. Students will gain an understanding and appreciation of the commodity and futures markets, major trends and causes of trends in dairy and grain industries, market factors that influence farm commodities, risk tools and cooperatives.

先修课程

Declared in the Farm & Industry Short Course program

满足要求

This course does not satisfy any prerequisites.

学分

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开课时间

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平均绩点

3.12

6.81% 相比历史数据

完成率

92.31%

-2.26% 相比历史数据

A率

30.77%

66.15% 相比历史数据

班级规模

-3.7% 相比历史数据

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