• Students in this program study the production, distribution, and consumption of food, fiber, and energy in both developed and less-developed countries. To address these issues, the program emphasizes the development and application of rigorous economic theory and quantitative methods.
  • Graduates become leaders in understanding and improving government policy, market performance, environmental quality, the efficiency of natural resource use, and total income and its distribution. The M.S. and joint M.S./M.B.A. programs provide advanced training in economic analysis, statistical methods, and elective fields such as agricultural marketing, international trade, natural resources, and environmental economics, economic development, financial management, and managerial economics.