的 Department of Agricultural Economics and 农村社会学 provides education, research and 扩展 programs, with particular focus in agribusiness, 市场营销, 贸易政策, production agriculture, natural resources and community development.

AERS offers an undergraduate degree in agricultural economics with an emphasis in agribusiness or applied economics, as well as two minors designed to complement a variety of majors. 新 agricultural commodity risk management certificate allows students to learn how to manage the risk involved in commodity 市场营销 and trading throughout the agricultural supply chain to maximize profits. This program is the only individually funded commodity trading and hedging program in the nation and ACRM certified students are achieving higher than market-rate entry salaries.

的 range of expertise among AERS faculty provides students with a strong, diverse experience. Specialty areas include productions economics, 价格预测, 农作物保险, international trade, applied risk analysis, trade and 市场营销, 宏观经济学, community-based decision-making, qualitative research methods, ripple effects mapping, natural resource policy, rural community development, supply chain management, behavioral economics, resource management, farm and agribusiness management, and commodity risk management.

AERS也提供了一个 master’s degree in applied economics, Idaho’s only graduate degree program in economics. 的 program is offered cooperatively with Washington State University, with courses taught by faculty from both universities. Students conduct applied research on a variety of projects to develop skills for real-world applications in the future.

教师 in AERS support Idaho’s producers through a variety of 扩展 programs, 包括在线研讨会, in-person classes and publications. 的 爱达荷州AgBiz website provides crop and livestock budgets, regional market information and decision aids.

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