Texas Administrative Code
Title 19 - EDUCATION
Part 2 - TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY
Chapter 130 - TEXAS ESSENTIAL KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS FOR CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION
Subchapter A - AGRICULTURE, FOOD, AND NATURAL RESOURCES
Section 130.4 - Agribusiness Management and Marketing (One Credit)
Universal Citation: 19 TX Admin Code ยง 130.4
Current through Reg. 49, No. 38; September 20, 2024
(a) General requirements. This course is recommended for students in Grades 10-12. Students shall be awarded one credit for successful completion of this course.
(b) Introduction.
(1) Career and technical education
instruction provides content aligned with challenging academic standards and
relevant technical knowledge and skills for students to further their education
and succeed in current or emerging professions.
(2) The Agriculture, Food, and Natural
Resources Career Cluster focuses on the production, processing, marketing,
distribution, financing, and development of agricultural commodities and
resources, including food, fiber, wood products, natural resources,
horticulture, and other plant and animal products/resources.
(3) Agribusiness Management and Marketing is
designed to provide a foundation to agribusiness management and the free
enterprise system. Instruction includes the use of economic principles such as
supply and demand, budgeting, record keeping, finance, risk management,
business law, marketing, and careers in agribusiness. To prepare for careers in
agribusiness systems, students must attain academic skills and knowledge,
acquire technical knowledge and skills related to agribusiness marketing and
management and the workplace, and develop knowledge and skills regarding career
opportunities, entry requirements, and industry expectations. To prepare for
success, students need opportunities to learn, reinforce, apply, and transfer
their knowledge and skills in a variety of settings.
(4) Students are encouraged to participate in
extended learning experiences such as career and technical student
organizations and other leadership or extracurricular organizations.
(5) Statements that contain the word
"including" reference content that must be mastered, while those containing the
phrase "such as" are intended as possible illustrative examples.
(c) Knowledge and skills.
(1) The student demonstrates professional
standards/employability skills as required by business and industry. The
student is expected to:
(A) identify career
development and entrepreneurship opportunities in agribusiness
systems;
(B) apply competencies
related to resources, information, interpersonal skills, and systems of
operation in agribusiness systems;
(C) demonstrate knowledge of personal and
occupational health and safety practices in the workplace;
(D) identify employers' expectations,
including appropriate work habits, ethical conduct, and legal
responsibilities;
(E) demonstrate
characteristics of good citizenship such as stewardship, advocacy, and
community leadership; and
(F)
research career topics using technology such as the Internet.
(2) The student develops a
supervised agriculture experience program. The student is expected to:
(A) plan, propose, conduct, document, and
evaluate a supervised agriculture experience program as an experiential
learning activity;
(B) apply proper
record-keeping skills as they relate to the supervised agriculture
experience;
(C) participate in
youth leadership opportunities to create a well-rounded experience program;
and
(D) produce and participate in
a local program of activities using a strategic planning process.
(3) The student recognizes roles
within teams, work units, departments, organizations, inter-organizational
systems, and the larger environment. The student is expected to:
(A) identify how key organizational systems
affect organizational performance and the quality of products and services
related to agriculture, food, and natural resources;
(B) demonstrate an understanding of the
global context of agricultural industries and careers; and
(C) describe the nature and types of
agribusiness organizations to build an understanding of the scope of
organizations.
(4) The
student examines critical aspects of career opportunities in one or more
agriculture, food, and natural resources careers. The student is expected to:
(A) research and interpret information for
one or more careers in agriculture, food, or natural resources; and
(B) identify educational and credentialing
requirements for one or more careers in agriculture, food, and natural
resources.
(5) The
student defines and examines agribusiness management and marketing and its
importance to the local and international economy. The student is expected to:
(A) describe the roles and functions of
management and leadership in agribusiness;
(B) identify key economic principles of free
enterprise; and
(C) analyze the
economic opportunities of agribusiness.
(6) The student defines the importance of
maintaining records and budgeting in agribusiness. The student is expected to:
(A) maintain appropriate agribusiness records
such as payroll, employee benefits, journals, inventories, income and expense
logs, financial statements, and balance sheets;
(B) identify methods of obtaining
agribusiness loans and financing; and
(C) compare methods of capital resource
acquisition as it pertains to agriculture.
(7) The student describes issues related to
government policy and recognizes concepts related to cultural diversity. The
student is expected to:
(A) analyze methods
of decision making;
(B) examine the
effects of government policies and regulations in making management
decisions;
(C) describe the
management of human resources with respect to cultural diversity;
(D) identify laws pertaining to land and
property ownership and uses, taxes, wills, and liabilities; and
(E) develop a personal economic
philosophy.
(8) The
student defines key issues of agribusiness success and failure. The student is
expected to:
(A) apply the decision-making
process for budgeting issues;
(B)
analyze business records and record-keeping procedures;
(C) determine methods of financing
agribusiness;
(D) identify methods
of obtaining capital resources; and
(E) analyze agricultural commodity
markets.
(9) The student
describes the marketing of agricultural products. The student is expected to:
(A) describe the purpose and importance of
marketing;
(B) develop a marketing
plan;
(C) identify the competitive
environment and the impact of foreign markets;
(D) compare types of markets and influence
factors; and
(E) identify methods
of managing risk such as hedging and crop insurance.
(10) The student knows the efficiency aspects
of agribusiness management. The student is expected to:
(A) use management software and information
technology such as spreadsheets and databases;
(B) develop an entrepreneurial plan based on
personal economic philosophy;
(C)
develop a financial management plan; and
(D) present a business proposal.
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