Fall 2024 Agribusiness Management

AREC 428
Closed
University of Saskatchewan
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
Assistant Professor
(2)
5
Timeline
  • September 16, 2024
    Experience start
  • September 24, 2024
    Project scope meeting
  • October 8, 2024
    2 week check-in
  • October 22, 2024
    Midway check-in
  • November 5, 2024
    6 week check-in
  • November 23, 2024
    Final submission
  • November 30, 2024
    Experience end
Experience
2/3 project matches
Dates set by experience
Preferred companies
Canada
Any company type
Food & beverage, Agriculture, Environment, Marketing & advertising, Business & management
Categories
Accounting Data analysis Market research Operations Project management
Skills
competitive analysis sales & marketing business analytics business strategy economic analysis
Learner goals and capabilities

Are you looking for interested individuals to provide economic and business-related insights into your agricultural company?


Our 4th year BA students are eager to assess your agricultural practices on a variety of aspects. Students can provide a business analysis, that takes business management practices, as well as a range of different financial analyses and recommendations into account. All aspects of the student work will be tailored to the business issue as you have identified it.


If interested, you'll be taking on a group of students for a multi-week project.

Learners
Undergraduate
Any level
50 learners
Project
40 hours per learner
Learners self-assign
Teams of 5
Expected outcomes and deliverables

The exact nature and scope of the deliverables will depend on your company's need and wants. Students in general will provide:

  • A detailed report, including analysis and recommendations
  • An executive presentation, outlining the high level findings
Project timeline
  • September 16, 2024
    Experience start
  • September 24, 2024
    Project scope meeting
  • October 8, 2024
    2 week check-in
  • October 22, 2024
    Midway check-in
  • November 5, 2024
    6 week check-in
  • November 23, 2024
    Final submission
  • November 30, 2024
    Experience end
Project Examples

Students can work on a variety of topics. They have been trained to work on the following aspects of agribusiness:

  • Firm expansion
  • Corporate strategy and Stakeholder analysis
  • Investment analysis
  • International business
  • Corporate social responsibility
  • Break even analysis
  • Sustainability


Previous examples of work completed include:

  • Financial analysis of an indoor farm
  • Customer and competitor analysis of an ag advisor
  • Product and market evaluation of an agricultural DNA technology
  • Quantitative and qualitative risk analysis of a farming business
Companies must answer the following questions to submit a match request to this experience:

Provide a dedicated contact who is available to answer periodic emails or phone calls over the duration of the project to address students' questions.

The dedicated contact should also be available for sporadic calls with the instructor.

Be available for a quick phone call with the instructor to initiate your relationship and confirm your scope is an appropriate fit for the course.

Companies should provide live firm data to students.