| COURSE TITLE: | Applied Agricultural Marketing |
| COURSE: | Economics 536 |
| COURSE DESCRIPTION: | Market structure and performance in the food and agricultural sector. Vertical coordination systems and pricing systems in agriculture. Market information and price forecasting. Alternative marketing methods and strategies for major Iowa agricultural commodities including the use of futures market. |
| PREREQUISITES: | 6 credits in Economics |
| CREDITS: | 2 graduate credits |
| COMPUTER REQUIREMENT: | See College of Agriculture Computer Requirements |
| DATES: | January 14-May 9, 2008
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| DELIVERY METHOD: | World Wide Web |
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| TUITION/FEES: | graduate $347 per credit hour/ Other fees that will be assessed |
| OFF-CAMPUS PROGRAM: | Master of Agriculture |
| INSTRUCTOR: | Sergio Lence, shlence@iastate.edu |
| REGISTRATION DEADLINE: | December
31, 2007 |
| TEXT: | Kohls, R. L., and J. N. Uhl. Marketing of Agricultural Products, 9th Edition. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, Inc., 2001. ISBN: 0130105848 |
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