Agricultural and Food Business Management B.S.

The agricultural and food business management major is offered jointly by the College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences (CFANS) and the Carlson School of Management (CSOM). Through this partnership, students learn how to combine economic logic and facts with business management principles to solve agricultural management and marketing, food entrepreneurship and marketing, or sustainable systems management problems, business-focus areas in analytics, entrepreneurial management, finance, marketing, or supply chain and operations management can easily transition into CSOM minors with just a few additional courses. There is also a wide range of highly complementary CFANS minors for students to pursue with the major (e.g., agronomy, animal science, corporate environmental management, food systems, horticulture, international agriculture, and sustainability studies).

Graduates of the program are prepared for a wide range of employment opportunities in the food system and other agribusinesses. Examples of employment areas include finance and banking, management, commodity and food marketing, sales, administration, public and industrial relations, production management, economic and statistical analysts, managerial accounting, management information systems, and supply chain management.

Students completing the program may also pursue graduate studies in preparation for research, teaching, or continuing education positions in academic institutions, government agencies, or industry.

Students completing the agricultural food and business management major cannot add a second major in applied economics. Students majoring in agricultural and food business management cannot minor in either agricultural and food business management or applied economics.