# AERD30190

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Academic Year 2025/2026

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#### Farm Business Management (AERD30190)

Subject:
:   Agribus Extension & Rural Dev

College:
:   Health & Agricultural Sciences

School:
:   Agriculture & Food Science

Level:
:   3 (Degree)

Credits:
:   5

Module Coordinator:
:   Ms Aoife Byrne

Trimester:
:   Autumn

Mode of Delivery:
:   Blended

Internship Module:
:   No

How will I be graded?
:   Letter grades

Curricular information is subject to change.

The focus of the module is on providing students with a working knowledge of techniques and principles of farm business financial analysis, planning and strategic decision-making. The module content includes: operational and strategic principles of farm business management; preparation and analysis of basic farm management accounts; application of farm planning techniques: enterprise, partial and whole farm budgets; farm financial control and cash flow budgeting; assessment and management of risk in farm decision-making.

## About this Module

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### What will I learn?

###### Learning Outcomes:

The module aims to enable students to apply management theory and techniques to address farm decision problems. On successful completion of the module students should be able to: describe the rationale for and process of development of a farm business strategy; prepare and analyse basic farm management accounts; apply key farm planning techniques (partial budgets, whole farm budgets); describe procedures for farm budgetary control; analyse and evaluate management strategies to control risk in farm management decision making.

### How will I learn?

###### Student Effort Hours:

| Student Effort Type | Hours |
| --- | --- |
| Specified Learning Activities | 20 |
| Autonomous Student Learning | 50 |
| Lectures | 30 |
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| Total | 100 |

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###### Approaches to Teaching and Learning:

This module will involve a mixture of active/task-based learning together with lectures and tutorials, delivered in a blended approach. \
AI may not be used for the purposes of any assessments and/or examinations undertaken as part of this module. \
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### Am I eligible to take this module?

###### Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

**Learning Requirements:**\

An introductory module in Business Management such as AERD20030 or equivalent.

**Learning Recommendations:**\

Students should have a sound basic understanding of livestock and crop production enterprises common to Irish farms. In particular, this should include knowledge of popular terminolgy relating to farm production enterprises.

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###### Module Requisites and Incompatibles

Not applicable to this module.
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### How will I be assessed?

###### Assessment Strategy

| Description | Timing | Component Scale | Must Pass Component | % of Final Grade | In Module Component Repeat Offered |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Exam (In-person): Mid trimester continuous assessment exam.  Timing of assessment is indicative and may be subject to change. | Week 7 | Standard conversion grade scale 40% | No | 40 | No |
| Exam (In-person): Final end of trimester exam | End of trimester  Duration:  2 hr(s) | Standard conversion grade scale 40% | No | 60 | Yes |

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###### Carry forward of passed components

Yes

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### What happens if I fail?

| Resit In | Terminal Exam |
| --- | --- |
| Spring | Yes - 2 Hour |

*Please see [Student Jargon Buster](https://www.ucd.ie/students/services/ucdstudentjargonbuster/) for more information about remediation types and timing.* \

### Assessment feedback

###### Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Group/class feedback, post-assessment\

###### How will my Feedback be Delivered?

Detailed class feedback will be provided to students post assessment. Individual feedback will be provided upon request and by appointment with the lecturer.

### When is this module offered?

**Timetabling information is displayed only for guidance purposes, relates to the current Academic Year only and is subject to change.**

|  |  |  |  |  |
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| Autumn | Lecture | Offering 1 | Week(s) - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11 | Mon 09:00 - 09:50 |
| Autumn | Lecture | Offering 1 | Week(s) - 12 | Mon 09:00 - 09:50 |
| Autumn | Lecture | Offering 1 | Week(s) - Autumn: All Weeks | Wed 11:00 - 12:50 |

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