Farm management and production economics (10cr)

Evaluation scale

1-5

Objective

Students will be familiar with the farm management and production economics. They will be competent in obtaining new information from academic publications, for example, and utilizing that information to solve problems in plant production and animal husbandry. Students will understand the hypotheses behind the research and consider them when utilizing the results of the research.

Content

? Theory and the real world
? Economic principles and optimization
? Acquiring and organizing management information
? Resource management
o Land control and use
o Human resource management
o Machinery management

Materials

Kay, Edwards & Duffy 2016. Farm Management. McGraw-Hill. pages 121-172. Ryhänen & Sipiläinen (2018). Maatalousyrityksen johtaminen ja toiminnan kehittäminen. Ryhänen ja Laitila (toim.) 2012. Yhteistyö ja resurssit maitotiloilla : verkostomaisen yrittämisen lähtökohtia ja edellytyksiä. Seinäjoen ammattikorkeakoulun julkaisuja B 59. Material made and given by teacher

Teaching methods

Lessons, writing esseys, presentations, distance learning

Employer connections

During the course students visit at different farms. Students interview farm entrepreneurs how they manage their farms and how they seek to improve the profitability of their farms. Farm entrepreneurs tell about their solutions and ways of action.

Exam schedules

Three examination possibilities during year.

Student workload

About 75 hours of theory teaching as class working and about 190 hours of independent learning.

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Students are able to study the basics of the period.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

Students are able to course things well.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

Students are able to course things well and knows how to apply them in practice.

Qualifications

Basics to agribusiness

Further information

Opetusresurssien mahdollistamissa rajoissa otetaan opiskelijoita opintojaksolle.
Tarvittaessa valinta opintojaksoille tehdään opintomenestyksen mukaisessa järjestyksessä.
Opintomenestys määritetään seuraavien opintojaksojen keskiarvon perusteella:
- Maatalouden yritystalouden perusteet
- Maatilayrityksen verotus
- Maatalouspolitiikka

Lisäksi edellytetään, että agrologi (AMK) kaikille yhteisissä ammattiopinnoissa on edetty opetussuunnitelman mukaisesti.