Agribusiness
The Nebraska Difference
Own Your Experience
Customize your education through six flexible program options, minors and certificates.
Find Opportunities to Grow
Attend annual industry tours, study abroad, conduct undergraduate research or join a student organization.
Co-create Your Path
Take courses designed to help you explore career paths, develop study skills and find resources.
Get Hands-on Experience
Take classes in the Agricultural Economics Commodity Trade Room—a real-world, applied learning environment.
Program Features
Most Comprehensive Agribusiness Program in Nebraska
The first program in the nation to combine equal strengths in agriculture and business gives you critical agricultural economics and business decision-making skills—and an immersion in key areas of agricultural sciences and natural resources.
Customize Your Academic Experience
Customize your academic program to your unique interests and career goals. Choose from six program options, each with ample electives to build minors or certificates in areas such as, agribusiness entrepreneurship, agronomy, animal science, sales, or public policy.
Faculty as Experts and Mentors
Our faculty teach, conduct research and participate in extension outreach. Some even run companies. They understand real-world issues and bring vital industry knowledge to the classroom every day.
Notable Courses
Farm and Ranch Management (AECN 201)
Learn economic principles and business concepts for farming and ranching. Topics include budgets, enterprise analysis, leasing and pasture management.
Agribusiness Entrepreneurship in Food Products Marketing (AECN 225/MRKT 225)
Explore marketing strategies in the food systems channel, from producers to consumers. Create a strategic marketing plan for a new food product.
Explore the 4-Year Plans
Huskers Do Big Things
Internships
- Grain merchandising intern, Archer Daniels Midland
- Global irrigation product support specialist, Lindsay Company
- Agronomy/crop scout intern, Cargill AgHorizons
- Bank management intern, First National Bank
- Retail credit underwriting, Farm Credit Services of America
- Beef sales, Great Plains Beef
Careers
- Commodity merchandiser, ADM
- Management associate, Cargill Animal Nutrition
- Crop consultant, Central Valley Ag
- Assistant coordinator for U.S. Agriculture, Howard G. Buffett Foundation
- Grain merchandiser, Bunge
- Seed technician, Bayer
Graduate Schools
- Master of Business Administration, University of Nebraska–Lincoln
- Juris Doctor, University of South Dakota
- Law, University of Nebraska College of Law
- M.S. Agricultural Economics, University of Nebraska–Lincoln
- M.S. Professional Accountancy, University of Nebraska–Lincoln
- M.S. Leadership Education, University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Outside the Classroom
Get the most out of your collegiate experience by taking advantage of opportunities to get involved. Challenge yourself and make meaningful connections along the way.
Pursue your purpose and grow a business alongside other students in the Engler Agribusiness Entrepreneurship Program.
Learn how to sell who you are to anyone, pitch business ideas and develop your ability to influence others as you earn a Certificate in Sales Excellence.
Prepare to change the world in business through the Clifton Builders Program, where you’ll learn to take your entrepreneurial and leadership talents to the next level.
Annual Marketing Plan Competition
Develop a marketing plan based on an innovative product and present it at the National Agri-Marketing Conference, along with 30+ other teams from across the U.S. and Canada.
Featured Faculty
Fabio Mattos, Associate Professor of Agricultural Economics
Fabio Mattos teaches Introduction to Commodity Marketing, Marketing of Agricultural Commodities, Commodity Price Forecasting and Agricultural Demand and Price Analysis. He also serves as the advisor for the Commodity Marketing Club and CASNR Student Advisory Board. His favorite part of his job is interacting with students in class, clubs, advising and other activities. Mattos spent 11 years in investment banking and consulting. His research interests include commodity marketing, risk management and price analysis.
Academics & Experiential Learning
- Learn from real-world internship experiences with local to global companies and organizations starting after your freshman or sophomore year.
- Explore interests through coursework that enables you to start your own business, manage livestock, develop video and advertising skills, test and analyze field properties, or advocate for agriculture or natural resources.
Career Preparedness
- Apply analytical skills to real-world problems.
- Hone decision-making skills in risk management, marketing, merchandising, and linear programming classes by analyzing data using the latest technology available in the Commodity Trading Room.
Community
- Live with others who share your career interests in the Ag Futures Learning Community or join one of the campus Greek organizations to foster early connections and involvement.
- Join Department of Ag Economics student organizations such as the National Agri-Marketing Association, Ag Econ/Agribusiness Club and Commodity Marketing Club.
- Join clubs of interest such as Collegiate Farm Bureau, Agronomy Club or Block and Bridle.
Have Questions? We're Here to Help
If you have questions about the Agribusiness major or navigating the application process, contact us.
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- Rosalee Swartz
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- Sue Ellen Pegg
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- College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources
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