Agricultural Business
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Explore the Agricultural Business Program
What’s better than agriculture experience or a savvy business mind? When they team up and the result is a super savvy agriculture business minded professional. The Agricultural Business program prepares the next workforce for the challenging ever-evolving agriculture industry by diving into business topics in sales, marketing, management, finance, information technology and production, all through the lens of agriculture. This degree covers it all and will get you going toward a local, regional, or global career.
Agricultural Business is a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) degree.
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Major in the making of you
Agricultural Business
UMN Crookston Agricultural Business alumni sits down to chat with faculty members, Margot Rudstrom and Chuck Lariviere, about the Ag Business program! Hear about how we prepare our online and on-campus students for a career in the agriculture industry.
Career Options
- Farm and Ranch Management
- Grain Merchandising
- Extension Service
- USDA Local Program Administration
- Ag Lending Services
- Agricultural Products and Services Sales
Agriculture Business Minor & Certificate
Check out the classes for a minor or certificate in Ag Business.
ON-CAMPUS
Agricultural Business
AT A GLANCE...
Flexible program to work within Agronomy, Agricultural Systems Management, Animal Science, Equine Science, Finance, Accounting, Management, Marketing or Communication.
Join the Ag Business Club!
Compete in the North American Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture (NACTA) organization on campus for chances to compete in Agricultural Business related contests featuring multiple choice questionnaires, case study problems, and finance tests.
The program blends a strong base of agriculture, business, and general education courses while maximizing flexibility that allows students to choose electives to fit their career interests and expectations.
The program boasts an unique blend of hands-on training along with theory.
Students have secured internship opportunities with businesses like Black Gold Farms, CHS, ADM, Wilbur-Ellis, USDA-FSA, AgCountry, Titan Machinery, Winfield, UM Extension and more!
REAL. HANDS-ON. READY.
Meet your future professors
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Margaretha Rudstrom
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Charles Lariviere
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Student Stories
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Content:Roseline "Rose" Kanssole of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (West Africa), shares her story as an agricultural business major and cross-country athlete at UMN Crookston. #IAmCrookstonRead More Link: -
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Content:Logan Milligan of New York Mills, Minn., decided to attend the U of M Crookston after participating in Ag & NatR Activities Day and the FFA contests held on campus when he was a high school student.Read More Link: -
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Content:Marta Dean, agricultural business major is from Dellwood, Minn., embraces her penchant for leadership. She served as the representative to the University of Minnesota Board of Regents from the Crookston Student Association. “I love the access it gives me to students and leaders from across the system,” she says.Read More Link: -
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Content:Kate Howell loves being outside, and although she didn’t grow up on a farm, she did proclaim her intentions to become a farmer in junior high. The idea of her farming was met with some scoffing by her peers, but with her major in agricultural business, Howell has sealed her future in agriculture.Read More Link: