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Agricultural Economics

Future Agriculturist! Farming is a business. Profitability is the goal.

1. Basic Economic Principles ๐Ÿ’ฐ

  • Law of Supply & Demand: Price interaction.
  • Law of Diminishing Returns: Adding inputs eventually yields less output.
  • Opportunity Cost: Value of the next best alternative forgone.

2. Farm Management ๐Ÿ“Š

Tools for decision making.

  • Enterprise Budget: Costs/returns for one crop.
  • Cash Flow: Inflow and outflow of cash.
  • Partial Budget: Assessing a small change.

3. Marketing ๐Ÿ›’

The 4 Ps of Marketing:

  1. Product (What you sell)
  2. Price (How much)
  3. Place (Where you sell/Distribution)
  4. Promotion (Advertising)