Agricultural Business Development B.B.A.

Agricultural Business Development students showing off their certificates

Come grow as an agribusiness leader.

The SUNY Morrisville agricultural business development Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A.) program offers a flexible agriculture degree rooted in animals, plants, marketing and management.

Program at a Glance
~4
Years to Complete
120
Approx. Credit Hours

Why SUNY Morrisville Ag Business?

Our agricultural business development B.B.A. program includes a strong agriculture- and business-based curriculum through coursework including economics, farm management and finance, marketing and retailing agricultural products, food & agribusiness and ag policy & development. You also have the flexibility to enroll in 53 elective credits related to your specific interests, including areas such as dairy, equine, horticulture, livestock, agronomy, marketing, management and agricultural human resources.  

You will gain immediate hands-on education in our unique facilities, including our newly renovated Dairy and Specialty Crops Incubator, Dairy Complex and Four Seasons Farm. Further direct applied learning experience is offered through a full-semester internship, which combines your skills and course learning through supervised fieldwork in a selected agriculture business or agriculture service organization.

You also can choose from related minors to further your knowledge, including our cannabis industry and agricultural human resource management minors.

Skills You Will Gain

Upon completion of the program, you will have the ability to:

  • Create and successfully operate your own agricultural enterprise
  • Make effective decisions relating to agricultural labor, finance and markets
  • Identify and successfully utilize market opportunities to improve profitability
  • Develop, manage and maintain effective interpersonal skills in a corporate and family business setting
  • Identify realistic goals for short- and long-term business planning to adapt to a constantly changing agribusiness environment

What Can I Do in Ag Business?

As a graduate of our program, your unique combination of skills and experience in production, marketing and management will set you on a track to owning or managing a wide range of agricultural businesses. You also will find strong employment opportunities in areas such as: 

  • Technical sales representative
  • Food broker
  • Accountant
  • Financial manager
  • Market analyst
  • Fruit and vegetable marketing representative
  • Sales manager
  • Small animal healthcare distribution
  • International business specialists

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Trevor Fallon

Trevor Fallon

Student, Agricultural Business Development B.B.A.
I chose SUNY Morrisville for the hands-on, intensive agricultural courses. Learning under amazing professors and employees at SUNY Morrisville has created a great opportunity for my future! Through working at the dairy and intensive lab work, I have gained extremely valuable knowledge and built great relationships with faculty and staff. While working toward my bachelor's degree in agricultural business development, I intend to seek one of the many internship opportunities this summer. Coming from ground zero and not having any agricultural background, students who attend SUNY Morrisville are assured to learn valuable skills, are encouraged to ask questions and truly learn about the business of agriculture. My future plans are to work in agricultural business sales.

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