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Agricultural Economics

Graduate Program Summary

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Graduate Degrees Offered

M.S.; Ph.D.
Specializations - what's a specialization?
  • Agribusiness
  • Water Resources Planning and Management
  • Environmental Studies
  • Great Plains Studies
Areas of Study
  • Agricultural and Food Industrial Organization
  • Farm Management and Marketing
  • International Agricultural Trade and Development
  • Natural Resources and Environment
  • Production Economics
  • Rural and Community Economic Development



  

Agricultural Economics

Application Checklist and Deadlines

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Required by Agricultural Economics

  • Entrance exam(s): GRE strongly recommended
  • Minimum TOEFL:  Paper-550  Internet-79
  • Three letters of recommendation
  • Statement of goals and objectives (not to exceed one page)
  • Resume (not to exceed two pages)

Application Deadline

For financial consideration
   Fall: January 15
Otherwise
   Rolling admissions, contact the department for more information.

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Description of Program

Agricultural economics is a field of study in which the principles of economics are applied to the analysis of the economic forces that affect the production, marketing, distribution, and consumption of food. The agricultural economics program at Nebraska provides a foundation for professional problem solving through courses in production economics, agricultural industrial organization, international agricultural trade, agricultural development, natural resource economics, and agribusiness. Cooperation with the Department of Economics and College of Business Administration provides excellent opportunities for supplementing and complementing the courses offered through the Department of Agricultural Economics.

The broad base of the educational program is reflected through diverse career opportunities in areas such as private university and government research, business management, loan analysis, consulting, agricultural production, and college-level education. Graduates are employed by businesses, governments, and academic institutions around the globe.



  

Graduate Bulletin

The Graduate Bulletin provides course descriptions, program requirements, and more:

Faculty and Research

David Aiken Water and Agricultural Law; Environmental and Natural Resource Law
Azzeddine Azzam Market Structures; Industrial Organization; Competition Policy in the Beef Food Marketing Chain Industry
Dennis Conley Agribusiness Management; Grain Marketing and Trade; Price Risk Management
     Interim Department Head
Lilyan Fulginiti Microeconomics; Economics of Production; International Economics and Development Economics
Konstantinos Giannakas Industrial Organization; Agricultural Policy; Regulatory Economics; Marketing
Ron Hanson Farm Management; Agricultural Finance
     Agribusiness Program Director
Bruce Johnson Agricultural Land Values; Rents and Market Dynamics; Community Viability; Taxation; Ethics
Doug Jose Crop Insurance; Risk Management; Dairy Crop Profitability; Custom Rates; Beginning Farmers
Brad Lubben Public Policy; Conservation Programs; International Trade Policy
Gary Lynne Natural Resource Economics; Agricultural Technology Relations; Producer Technology; Behavior Conservation
Darrell Mark Agribusiness Management and Marketing; Livestock Marketing; Cooperatives
Richard Perrin Agricultural Production Economics; Agricultural Productivity Analysis; Technology Assessment
Wesley Peterson Trade Policy; Political Economy; Agricultural Development; Trade and the Environment
Jeff Royer Industrial Organization; Vertical Integration; Firm Theory; Agricultural Cooperatives; Operations Research Methods
Karina Schoengold Environmental and Natural Resource Economics; Irrigation Technology Choice
Ray Supalla Irrigation Management; Water Quality Policy; Sustainable Agriculture; Resource Economics; Water Economics
Amalia (Emie) Yiannaka Intellectual Property Rights; Industrial Organization; Agricultural Marketing; Environmental and Resource Economics
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