Agricultural Operations and Management II

Course Number:
AG 203
Transcript Title:
Agricultural Operations and Management II
Created:
Oct 31, 2026
Updated:
Oct 31, 2026
Total Credits:
3
Lecture Hours:
22
Lecture / Lab Hours:
0
Lab Hours:
33
Satisfies Cultural Literacy requirement:
No
Satisfies General Education requirement:
No
Grading Options
A-F, P/NP, Audit
Default Grading Options
A-F
Repeats available for credit:
0
Prerequisites

Prerequisite: AG 103

Course Description

Continues study begun in AG 103 around organizational structures and operations. Includes: business operations, marketing and finance; law and liability around products and employee safety; pest management and identification; crop rotation, species selection and long-term soil management strategies. Prerequisite: AG 103. Audit available.

Course Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

  1. Apply an understanding of complexities of finance and marketing within agribusiness operations.
  2. Identify problems and create management plans for maturing grain and fruit pest management.
  3. Identify and manage issues around product and employee liability and safety.
  4. Develop and implement long-term soil management strategies.

Suggested Outcome Assessment Strategies

The determination of assessment strategies is generally left to the discretion of the instructor. Here are some strategies that you might consider when designing your course: writings (journals, self-reflections, pre writing exercises, essays), quizzes, tests, midterm and final exams, group projects, presentations (in person, videos, etc), self-assessments, experimentations, lab reports, peer critiques, responses (to texts, podcasts, videos, films, etc), student generated questions, Escape Room, interviews, and/or portfolios.

Course Activities and Design

The determination of teaching strategies used in the delivery of outcomes is generally left to the discretion of the instructor. Here are some strategies that you might consider when designing your course: lecture, small group/forum discussion, flipped classroom, dyads, oral presentation, role play, simulation scenarios, group projects, service learning projects, hands-on lab, peer review/workshops, cooperative learning (jigsaw, fishbowl), inquiry based instruction, differentiated instruction (learning centers), graphic organizers, etc.

Department required activities:|

  • Field experiences, hands-on activities (will need arrangements with local farmers willing to host training modules)
  • Includes capstone project development

Course Content

Outcome #1: Apply an understanding of complexities of finance and marketing within agribusiness operations.

  • Local farm credit agencies

    • requirements for funding

    • establishing revolving farm credit strategies

  • Marketing plans

    • Variety available

    • Successes/challenges

  • direct to consumer, co-op, specialty marketing

  • Marketing professionals

    • farm credit bureau, packing houses, co-ops

Outcome #2: Identify problems and create management plans for maturing grain and fruit pest management.

  • Recognize symptoms/ problems of common plant and animal pests

  • research products and their uses

    • evaluation of products

    • application uses

  • Resources: extension agents, chemical sales reps

Outcome #3: Identify and manage liability and safety issues for both agricultural products and employees.

  • Employee rights and responsibilities

  • Migrant labor issues

    • availability, visas, housing, medical care, families

  • Safety protocols and laws

    • labels, poison control, tri-county hazardous waste

  • Local/regional supervising agencies

    • Oregon OSHA, Oregon AgLink, SAIF, ODA

Outcome #4: Develop and implement long-term soil management strategies.

  • Species selection

    • Scheduling/time frames for optimal planting

    • Nitrogen fixation and companion planting

    • Crop rotation

    • Cover crops

  • Fallow schedules

  • Water management and hydrology techniques

    • hydro sensors

    • contour plowing and planting

    • seasonal run-off

Suggested Texts and Materials

Use of listed Texts/Materials is not required unless so noted.