Develop a management plan for your agriculture operation. Calculate whether or not a new operation will be profitable. Determine the most effective irrigation systems to meet particular needs. Learn to assess what pesticides to use and how to apply them. Understand agricultural machines and how best to maintain them. Successfully manage labor. We teach the tools of precision agriculture, including Global Positioning Systems (GPS), sensors and geographic information systems (GIS).
Jobs in the industry are plentiful, but many of our graduates choose to return to the family farm — equipped with new knowledge and skills.
You’ll get extensive in-class and hands-on experience with equipment, machinery and computer technology. Experiment with tools and equipment in the shop practices lab. Learn about wire connections, switches and motors in the electric power lab. Shape and work metal in the welding lab. Understand fluids — from water pressure to turbine engines — in the power and machinery lab. Use state-of-the-art design software in the computing lab.
During your senior year, you will draw on everything you’ve learned when your team tackles a real-world project. You might develop a new mechanical method for clearing straw and dust from an engine, design a joy stick that controls a combine, or investigate setting up a small on-farm biodiesel manufacturing operation.
Students are encouraged to complete an internship the summer between their junior and senior year.
