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Be a part of the largest and most diverse discipline in agriculture! Cal Poly's Agricultural Business degree blends the business management practices necessary in today's agricultural industry with required courses in production management that include the science and practice of agriculture. Our goal is to provide our students with the knowledge and the "hands on" experience necessary to make practical application of the ideas and concepts gained in the classroom, the laboratory, and the field. You will find Cal Poly Agricultural Business an exciting program.

	Department Website: http://agribusiness.calpoly.edu Department Chair: Dr. Wayne Howard, agb@calpoly.edu Phone: (805) 756-5000 Fax:  (805) 756-5040 College of Agriculture E-mail Address: cafes@calpoly.edu

Agricultural Business offers five areas of concentration: Agricultural Finance/Appraisal, Agricultural Marketing, Agricultural Policy, Farm and Ranch Management, and International Agribusiness Marketing, or the student can define a specialized concentration. We also administer and offer courses for a wine and viticulture minor. Our classes expose students to economics and accounting, domestic and international marketing and management, law and policy, production agriculture, environmental considerations, and technological studies that prepare students for increasingly complex, networked and global careers in agriculture.

There are many employment opportunities for students in the industry. Demand for graduates has exceeded supply throughout the 1990's and into the new decade. Career opportunities are unlimited; our graduates have obtained jobs as marketing managers, company representatives, commodity brokers, wine marketing consultants, cooperative managers, appraisers, loan officers, farm management consultants, or farm/ranch managers. Our department has a multitude of alumni with strong ties to the agribusiness industry of California, the United States, and throughout the world. The Agribusiness Department's educational focus is to prepare students to enter these industries. Come and join us in designing exciting careers!

The Agribusiness Department offers the following major degree programs:

• B.S. Agricultural Business

Also offered are the following minor programs 

• Agribusiness
• Wine and Viticulture

And Concentrations:

• Agribusiness Finance and Appraisal
• Agribusiness Marketing
• Agribusiness Policy
• Farm and Ranch Management
• International Agribusiness Management
• Individualized Course of Study (Developed by the student in coordination with advisor and department head approval.)

• MBA with a Specialization in Agribusiness
• M.S. Agribusiness

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