Spring 2017 Course Syllabi

Dakota College at Bottineau Course Syllabus

Course Prefix/Number/Title:

AGRI #242 Advanced Farm Management Education

Course Description:

The course is designed to provide farm and/or ranch families with the skills needed to successfully

manage their business.

Course Objectives:

A. To develop an appreciation of good farm management skills.

B. To develop the ability to chose a record keeping system that will meet the needs of the farm/ranch

busienss.

C. To develop the ability to keep a complete and accurate set of records, including inventories, balance

sheets and farm production records.

D. To develop the skills needed to close records at the end of the year and prepare information needed

for financial analysis of the business including enterprise analysis.

E. To develop the abilities needed to set farm/ranch, family and personal goals and the ability to

evaluate, revise and adjust those goals.

F. To develop the ability to interpret the farm/ranch business analysis and to use the information

provided by the analysis to make management decisions.

Instructors:

Allen Graner, BillieJo Shae, Rodney Armstrong, Keith Knudson

Office:

Allen Graner – Rugby High School

BillieJo Shae – North Central Research & Extension Center

Keith Knudson – Molberg 26

Rodney Armstrong– Molberg 21

Office Hours:

By appointment

Phone:

Allen Graner – (701) 776-5095

BillieJo Shae – (701) 857-7682

Keith Knudson – (701) 228-5489

Rodney Armstrong – (701) 228-5481

Email:

Lecture/Lab Schedule:

Individual instruction by appointment

Textbook(s):

None. The enrollee, will however, use the Dakota College Farm and Ranch Management Education

Program Record Book, the North Dakota Farm and Ranch Management Education Program Record Book,

or an approved computer accounting program.