8 courses with the subject AGR, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
Introduces students to plant science, ecology, plant morphology, plant and soil relations and energy conversions. Includes surveying agricultural crops and their importance in the economy. Lecture Hours 2 Lab hours 2
Introduces agriculture’s importance to society and ways to start a farm or agribusiness. Evaluates forms of business including cooperatives and create financial statements and reports necessary for routine accounting and tax preparation. Utilizes financial tools for decision making, budgets and time value of money. Explores retirement, transition planning, personal financial management, and capital acquisition techniques. Lecture Hours 2 Lab hours 2
Studies the factors influencing soil productivity with emphasis upon fertilizer materials from production to application. Discusses time, sources, and soil acidity. Presents soil testing techniques, interpretation of soil tests, and the addition of nutrients to correct or prevent deficiencies. Lecture Hours 2 Lab hours 2
Examines principles and current trends in insect control. Studies biology and identification of economically important insects and related pests. Lecture Hours 2 Lab hours 2
Covers marketing techniques required to create an effective marketing plan addressing product, price, place, promotion, and people considerations of an agribusiness. Emphasizes unique aspects of agricultural products and risk management including price fluctuations and biosecurity. Projects explore entrepreneurship and creative marketing plans for a proposed farm or agribusiness. Lecture Hours 3
Explores food production practices and their influence on food product quality, nutrition, and safety. Covers processing techniques for reducing spoilage, increasing farmer’s share of the food dollar and diversifying farm incomes. Includes analytical methods for tracking and reporting quality control practices. Explores equipment, packaging, laws, regulations, standards, and financial sources for on farm and small-scale processing. Lecture Hours 3
Teaches concepts of proper application of pesticides and other agricultural chemicals used in landscape and turf management and in production agriculture; including application methods, equipment calibration and configuration, occupational health and safety, and pesticide laws and regulations. Lecture Hours 3
This course provides basic but comprehensive information about operations and handling procedures at grain facilities, and serves as an introduction to new hires, students, and others in need of entry-level trianing. Stressing safety, it focuses on how grain moves through a facility and covers main elevator types; components and equipment; grain receiving procedures; sampling, testing and grading, binning; houskeeping and maintenance; fumigation, outbound procedures; and other fundamental grain facility functions. Lecture Hours 2 Lab hours 2
Source: Mountain Empire Community College's catalog, linked per course · table learning_unit · CourseShelf publish 59
