Dairy Management - Diploma (2008-2009)
Willmar (72 Credits) - Education Plan

The two-year Dairy Management program includes all phases of dairy management. Emphasis areas are:
  • Owner/operator
  • Agribusiness
  • Employed manager/Herdsperson
Dairy Management program (diploma) students do a four-week paid internship each October and again in May. Dairy Management (AAS) students do a four-week paid internship in May or June between their feshmen and sophomore year. The internships provide opportunity to apply skills learned in college and to learn new skills that can best be learned on the job.
 
Course Outline
 
Required Courses
(19 Courses)
Course
Number		 Course Title Credits
AGRI 1210 Dairy Cattle Breeding and Reproduction 3 
AGRI 1220 Dairy Facilities and Equipment 3 
AGRI 1230 Raising Dairy Replacements 2 
AGRI 1240 Dairy Cattle Anatomy, Physiology & Health 3 
AGRI 1241 Cattle Health Lab 2 
AGRI 1260 Dairy Seminar I 1 
AGRI 1261 Dairy Seminar II 1 
AGRI 1270 Dairy Nutrition 3 
AGRI 1521 Computers/Spreadsheets 3 
AGRI 1540 Personnel Management for Agricultural Producers 1 
AGRI 1640 Ag Commodity Marketing 3 
AGRI 1650 Soils and Fertility Management 3 
AGRI 1660 Introduction to Agronomy 3 
AGRI 1820 Animal Nutrition 3 
AGRI 2100 Farm Shop Repair Skills 2 
GSCM 1122 Applied Oral and Written Communications 3*
GSMS 1201 Applied Mathematics 1 
GSWS 1451 First Aid/Safety 1 
GSWS 1462 Industry Skills 2 
Total Credits: 42  
Note there is a data error. The credits listed in this section total 43 while the section is listed as having 42 credits.
 
Elective Courses
(select 18 credits from the courses below)
Choose between an Ag Business Emphasis or an owner/Operator or Employed Manager Emphasis. See your advisor to select courses that fulfill this requirement.
Course
Number		 Course Title Credits
AGRI 1551 Ag Business Procedures and Records 3 
AGRI 1552 Ag Business Credit and Finance 2 
AGRI 1553 Agri-Business Management and Marketing 3 
AGRI 1580 Ag Sales & Service 3 
AGRI 1621 Farm Management I 3 
AGRI 1622 Farm Management II 3 
AGRI 1624 Farm Management IV 3 
AGRI 2501 Agri-Business Internship 3 
AGRI 2502 Agri-Business Internship 3 
AGRI 2601 Farm Operation and Management Internship 3 
AGRI 2602 Farm Operation and Management Internship 3 
Total Credits: 18  
 
Elective Courses
(select 12 credits from the courses below)
Course
Number		 Course Title Credits
AGRI 1211 Artificial Insemination 1 
AGRI 1212 Dairy Evaluation 1 
AGRI 1221 Milker Training 1 
AGRI 1242 Palpation and Ultra-sounding of Dairy Cattle Lab 1 
AGRI 1243 Embryo Transfer 1 
AGRI 1244 Hoof Trimming 1 
AGRI 1251 Dairy Capstone 2 
AGRI 1281 Dairy Herd Management I 1 
AGRI 1282 Dairy Herd Management II 1 
AGRI 1283 Dairy Herd Management III 1 
AGRI 1284 Dairy Herd Management IV 1 
AGRI 1291 Dairy Herd Management Practicum/Internship I 3 
AGRI 1292 Dairy Herd Management Practicum/Internship II 3 
AGRI 1293 Dairy Herd Management Practicum/Internship III 3 
AGRI 1294 Dairy Herd Management Practicum/Internship IV 3 
AGRI 1720 Corn and Soybean Production 3 
AGRI 1730 Forage Production 3 
AGRI 1750 Introduction to Precision Agriculture 2 
AGRI 1770 GIS Applications 3 
AGRI 2135 Ag Electricity 2 
AGRI 2140 Ag Power Maintenance and Repair 3 
AGRI 2141 Agriculture Power Maintenance and Repair Lab 4 
AGRI 2150 Harvesting and Fall Tillage Equipment 2 
AGRI 2160 Planters & Spring Tillage 3 
AGRI 2180 Ag Machinery Management 2 
AGRI 2190 Farm Trucks 1 
AGRI 2200 Farm Building and Structures 2 
AGRI 2300 Ag Travel I 1 
AGRI 2310 Ag Travel II 1 
GSCL 1141 Spanish Conversation / Culture 1 
WELD 1118 Agricultural Welding 2 
Total Credits: 12  
 
Total Diploma Credits: 72  

*Credits for this course are variable. See your Advisor about this course.