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How Does Agribusiness Differ from a Traditional Business or Agricultural Science Degree?

Choosing the right bachelor’s degree is an important part of planning your career. Understanding which degree aligns best with your goals helps you reach your fullest potential, while avoiding investing time and money in a degree you don’t enjoy. This article will explain what makes an agribusiness degree different from traditional business and agricultural science degrees, and how to know which one is the best fit for you.

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What Kinds of Jobs Can I Get with an Agribusiness Degree?

A bachelor’s degree in agribusiness provides access to many job opportunities along the food and fiber production chain. Whether you want to work with farms and ranches or in sales and account management positions, there is a place for you!

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What Skills Will I Learn from an Agribusiness Degree?

Agribusiness is one of the most essential industries in the world, providing food, raw materials, and economic opportunities to communities across the globe. Students who get their degree in agribusiness will have the opportunity to apply principles of animal science to a business setting, including how to manage agricultural operations, analyze markets, coordinate supply chains, and adopt new technologies that improve efficiency and sustainability.

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Agribusiness and Environmental Sustainability

Environmental sustainability is a major concern for many entering agriculture and agribusiness. Now, more than ever, a sense of responsibility for protecting resources and the Earth is felt across the globe.

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Minors, Clusters, and Certificates That Make an Agribusiness Degree Shine

Students in the BYU-Idaho Agribusiness degree are required to take 12-24 credits of specific minors, clusters, or certificate programs. Even though certain of these programs are required, students do have the option to choose the courses they feel like are most helpful for their future careers.

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Do I Have to Like Math to Be an Economics Major?

In Economics, math is a language used to express and study to explain goods and services. While mathematics is important in measuring the production, distribution, and consumption of wealth, it is limited in its ability to develop and assess policy. You will need to understand math in economics, but you will also need to go beyond it.

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What is the Economy?

The Economy is a system of individuals, groups, and institutions making choices about trade with resources such as money, time, and material goods. It is made up of everything from people buying food at the grocery store to governments addressing tariffs.

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Economics' Secret Weapon: The Bloomberg Terminal

Every day, millions of people buy and sell. The world constantly changes. But how do you keep track of change? You use the right tool: The Bloomberg Terminal.

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Financial Economics VS. Finance: What’s the Difference?

What’s the difference between the financial economics and finance programs bachelor programs.

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Money, Markets, or Math? A Guide to Picking an Economics Major

Do you want to use data to help people make smart money choices? If so, BYU-Idaho has four degrees that will help you reach your goals.