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Customized Instruction

 

Reap the benefits of customized instruction in the Agricultural Business Management program.  This program combines classroom experience with practical application to help Oklahomans improve the skills they use in managing farm, ranch, and agricultural-based business.

The main objective of the Agricultural Business Management program is to help agricultural families achieve their business and family goals through improved management, organization, and efficiency practices.  The key component of successful management is decision analysis.

Agricultural Business Management programs in Oklahoma are an approved and preferred provider of Farm Service Agency borrower training.

The classroom portion of the program enables clients to learn record-keeping skills and interact with other individuals involved in agricultural-based business.  Clients learn how to use records in their financial, tax, and production planning/analysis.  They also receive instruction in how to use basic analytical tools such as enterprise budgets, partial budgeting, and financial statements -- including cash flow, income, and net worth.

The program coordinator visits each client's operation throughout the course to help implement the concepts taught in the classroom.  Clients gain competencies as they see firsthand how the skills they are learning can be used in their own operations.

Successful agricultural business management is an ongoing process.  After completing their instruction, clients can stay up to date with the most current management information by attending seminars offered through the Ag

 

Course Guide

 

The following topics are covered in the Agricultural Business Management Program:
Alternative Agriculture Income Tax
Capital Budgeting Management
Cash Flow Management Inventories
Computerized Records Machinery Economics
Estate Planning Marketing Strategies
Farm Family Issues Net Worth Statements
Financial Statements Partial Budgeting
Goals and Objectives Whole Farm Analysis
Government Farm Programs Whole Farm Planning

 

Sites and Phone Numbers

School

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Location

Autry Technology Center (580) 242-2750 Enid
Caddo-Kiowa Technology Center (405) 643-5511 Fort Cobb
Canadian Valley Technology Center (405) 222-7551 Chickasha
Central Tech (918) 352-4517 Drumright
Chisholm Trail (405) 729-8324 Omega
Great Plains Technology Center (580) 250-5551 Lawton
Gordon Cooper Technology Center (405) 273-7493 Shawnee
High Plains Tech (580) 571-6181 Woodward
Kiamichi Tech Center (918) 426-0940 McAlester
Mid-America Technology Center (405) 449-3391 Wayne
Northeast Technology Centers (918) 825-5555 Pryor
Northwest Technology Centers (580) 327-0344 Alva
Pioneer Technology Center (580) 762-8336 Ponca City
Pontotoc Technology Center (580) 310-2237 Ada
Red River Technology Center (580) 255-2903 Duncan
Western Technology Center (580) 562-3181 Burns Flat
Wes Watkins Technology Center (405) 452-5500 Wetumka