Production Agriculture

Associate Degree Program

Production agriculture involves the growing and marketing of plants and livestock. A thorough knowledge of marketing, management, and finance combined with production skills prepares students for a career as an agricultural producer.

Offered at the following campus(es): Georgetown

What You Can Do

In this program, you will gain the knowledge and skills to prepare you for positions such as:

• Agricultural/marketing service USDA and state government
• Chemical applicator
• Conservation agronomist
• Consumer safety inspector
• Natural resources conservation service
• Production agriculture management trainee
• Production agriculture salesperson
• Production manager
• Soil conservation technician
• USDA and state animal and plant health inspector

What You Will Learn

Program Graduate Competencies

The Program Graduate Competencies listed below identify the major learning goals related to your specific program of study and identify the knowledge and skills you will have when you graduate to be successful in your chosen field.

1. Apply basic agribusiness management procedures to production and marketing of agriculture products.
2. Integrate pest management procedures into crop production techniques.
3. Demonstrate production techniques related to sustainable agriculture.
4. Demonstrate scheduling, production, marketing, harvesting, and safe handling of crops.
5. Describe the importance of poultry, livestock, and crop production to the agriculture industry.
6. Assess breeding, care, and nutrition of livestock animals.

Core Curriculum Competencies

The Core Curriculum Competencies listed below identify what you will be able to do as a graduate, regardless of your program of study. You will acquire these core competencies through general education courses and program-specific coursework. You will be expected to use relevant technology to achieve these outcomes:

1. Apply clear and effective communication skills.
2. Use critical thinking to solve problems.
3. Collaborate to achieve a common goal.
4. Demonstrate professional and ethical conduct.
5. Use information literacy for effective vocational and/or academic research.
6. Apply quantitative reasoning and/or scientific inquiry to solve practical problems.

Suggested Pathway to Graduation

Pursuing a Bachelor's Degree?

This is a Connected Degree program that enables you to complete your associate degree and then transfer to a four-year degree program as a junior. See a program advisor for details!