Financial analysis of agricultural businesses; liquidity, capital structure, and growth of agricultural firms; risk and return; capital budgeting methods; analysis of land investments, leasing, and costs of credit; financial intermediation and major financial institutions for agriculture; credit scoring, loan pricing, and asset-liability management techniques by financial intermediaries; public policies affecting agricultural credit markets. Nonmajor graduate credit. (3-0) Cr. 3. S.
Prereq: 301, Stat 227; Fin 350 and Econ 353 recommended.