UIUC - Risks to Crop Production in Agriculture
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Risks to Crop Production in Agriculture at Coursera Course details
- What you'll learn
- Crop production cycles for annual and permanent food production crops
- Financial characteristics, types of land ownership, and volatility of the capital intensive agriculture industry
- Personal, external, and food production risks that influence decision-making in agriculture
- Learners will be able to describe the crop production cycles of agriculture for annual and permanent crops, explain the financial characteristics and risks of food production, discuss the various types of land ownership and rental agreements for the use of agricultural land, and describe personal, external, and food production risks that influence decision-making in agriculture.
- This course is part of the College of ACES suite of online programs, including the graduate-level course, "Risk and Decision-Making in Agriculture" that can be stacked toward a graduate certificate and graduate degree. To learn more about online programs from the College of ACES and explore ways to apply your Coursera work toward a degree program at the University of Illinois
Risks to Crop Production in Agriculture at Coursera Curriculum
COURSE ORIENTATION
Course Overview
Meet Your Instructor
Dr. Nicholas D. Paulson
Meet Your Instructor
Dr. Gary D. Schnitkey
Meet Your Instructor
Dr. Bruce Sherrick
Meet Your Instructor
Paul B. Stoddard
Meet Your Instructor
Ailie Elmore
Meet Your Instructor
Dr. Joana Colussi
Syllabus
Learn More About Flexible Learning Pathways
Updating Your Profile
Orientation Quiz
Getting to Know Your Classmates
MODULE 1
Crop Production Cycle
Module 1 Introduction
What is a Crop?
Common Production Practices: Part 1
Common Production Practices: Part 2
Permanent Crops
Growing Season
Harvesting
Post-Harvest
Panel Discussion: Crop Production Cycle
Module Summary
"Overview" (of Crop and Livestock Production Practices)
"Nutrient Management"
"Pest Management"
"Soil Tillage and Crop Rotation"
"Livestock Production Practices"
"Manure Management"
"Irrigation and Water Use"
"Risk in Agriculture"
"Organic Agriculture"
USDA Crop Calendar Charts
USDA Crop Production Maps
"What is Sustainable Agriculture?"
"U.S. Agricultural Policy Review, 2022"
"Trends in U.S. Irrigated Agriculture: Increasing Resilience Under Water Supply Scarcity"
Module 1 Quiz
MODULE 2
Financial Characteristics and Risks in Agriculture
Module 2 Introduction
What is a Farm?
Overview of the Structure of Agricultural Land
Organization of Farms
Capital Intensity of Agriculture
Timing of Agricultural Cash Flows
The Volatility of Input vs. Output Prices
Transfer of Agricultural Land
Panel Discussion: Financial Characteristics and Risks in Agriculture
Module Summary
"Farm Sector Income & Finances: Highlights from the Farm Income Forecast"
"Farm Sector Income & Finances: Farm Sector Income Forecast"
"Farm Sector Income & Finances: Farm Business Income"
"Farm Sector Income & Finances: Assets, Debt, and Wealth"
Module 2 Quiz
MODULE 3
Land Tenure
Module 3 Introduction
Ownership of Agricultural Land
Forms of Ownership
Rental Agreements
Land Sustainability Concerns
Panel Discussion: Land Tenure
Module Summary
"Land Acquisition and Transfer in U.S. Agriculture"
"U.S. Farmland Ownership, Tenure, and Transfer"
Module 3 Quiz
MODULE 4
Other Factors Influencing Risk and Decision-Making in Agriculture
Module 4 Introduction
Off-Farm Employment and Health Insurance
Agricultural Policy
Global Trade Flows
Energy Use: Prices and Availability
Geopolitical and Unilateral Issues
Legal
Livestock Production Risks
Panel Discussion: Other Factors Influencing Risk and Decision-Making in Agriculture
Module Summary
"Off-Farm Income a Major Component of Total Income for Most Farm Households in 2019"
"Economic Crises in Foreign Markets Reduce U.S. Agricultural Exports"
"Regional war, global consequences: Mounting damages to Ukraine’s agriculture and growing challenges for global food security"
"The Russia-Ukraine war after a year: Impacts on fertilizer production, prices, and trade flows"
Module 4 Quiz
COURSE CONCLUSION
Course Wrap-up
Risk and Decision-Making in Agriculture
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