Farm and Ranch Management - AAS
This program provides training for individuals who plan to return to the farm or seek employment as farm managers or with agri-business firms. Students receive practical farm or agricultural related experience through supervised summer field experience.
Careers
The agriculture industry includes not only crop and animal production, but also the processing, distribution and marketing of all kinds of food items. In the area of crops, people can work in farm or horticulture production as production management consultants, or for seed and chemical suppliers. In animal agriculture, opportunities include production management, and genetic or nutrition consulting.
Institution Wide Outcomes
Hutchinson Community College is committed to a tradition of excellence in education that prepares students for success in academics, careers, and life.
To achieve this goal, HutchCC has established five Institution-Wide Outcomes (IWO) that are embedded into all academic courses. These outcomes are designed to equip graduates with the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to thrive in a rapidly changing world.
- Demonstrate the ability to think critically and make reasonable judgments by analyzing, combining, and evaluating information.
- Demonstrate the skills necessary to access and manipulate information through various methods.
- Demonstrate effective communication through reading, writing, listening, and speaking.
- Demonstrate effective interpersonal and collaborative skills.
- Demonstrate effective quantitative-reasoning and computational skills.
Program Outcomes
- Develop a resource use plan, which integrates the functions and activities of management in the organization and control of farm and ranch resources
- Generate a production plan for one economic crop produced in the central United States
- Determine plant nutrient management strategies in agronomic systems for economic response and environmental protection applicable in the central United States region
- Evaluate production techniques that will promote positive stewardship of natural resources
- Incorporate technology in solving problems on farms and ranches, including global positioning systems, genetically modified organisms, and other scientific solutions
Accreditation
Hutchinson Community College is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission (hlcommission.org), an institutional accreditation agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.
