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Offered throughout the district. For information, call the Green Bay campus: (920) 498-5444. Toll-free: (888) 385-6982. This program is not eligible for nancial aid. As a graduate of the Farm Business and Production Management program, you have the skills needed to compete and be pro table in the ever-changing agricultural economy. You are prepared to own and operate or be employed on today's modern farms. With additional education and/or work experience, you may become a dairy herdsperson, general farm manager, farm records manager, crop supervisor, livestock feeding specialist, farm equipment and facilities maintenance manager, farm service employee, and eld equipment operator. A graduate of the program will have basic skills necessary to own and operate or be employed on a farm. • Calculate farm business cost of production for forage, grain, beef, pork, and milk • Prepare and assess a livestock management plan that is environmentally friendly • Prepare and assess a business nancial plan • Develop and assess a soil and crop management plan that is environmentally friendly • Own, operate, and/or be employed in an agriculture-related industry • Implement a business, soil, crop, and livestock management plan that is environmentally friendly • Completed application. • Communications: ability to listen, write complete sentences, spell accurately, and express ideas well verbally. • Science: basic plant and animal biology, chemistry, and applied physics. • Students should have mastered basic math skills. Basic math is de ned as addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. Curriculum The Farm Business and Production Management Technical Diploma is a six-year, part-time program. 381