Competitive & Sustainable Agriculture Systems

Agricultural Business Management

Leaders: Jeff Tranel and Rod Sharp

Production agriculture has changed over the years. Price and income support programs are no longer the centerpieces of U.S. farm policy. Agricultural producers now operate in a market-oriented, individual-responsibility environment. Producers' management of these risks and occurrences of risk events impact families, the agricultural economy, and the communities in which they live. Additionally, there is a decreasing number of mid- and large sized farms and a significant increase in the number of small farms, according to Census of Agriculture data.

Updated Monday, August 29, 2011