Econ 466. Agricultural Finance

• Credits: 3.
• Prerequisites: 301, Stat 226, Fin 301 and Econ 353 (recommended).

Financial analysis of agricultural businesses; liquidity, capital structure, and growth and risk of agricultural firms; capital budgeting methods; analysis of land investments, leasing, and costs of credit; financial intermediation and major financial institutions for agriculture; borrower-lender relationships, and asset-liability management techniques by financial intermediaries; public policies affecting agricultural credit markets. Nonmajor graduate credit.