Why Choose Agriculture-Business at UCM??
Area 3: Crop and Soil Sciences

• UCM has a university farm that consists of 260 acres. The farm is used as a teaching laboratory for students.
• The farm participates in a leasing program with John Deere to provide students with the opportunity to experience the current technology available in the area of agricultural equipment.
• UCM has two greenhouses and a lath house. The newest greenhouse is a 5,000 square foot facility possessing state-of-the-art climate control and production capabilities. This facility is utilized in various horticulture courses, which allows students the opportunity to gain skills in the care, grooming, propagation, and trial marketing of plants.

What will I study??

• You will learn by doing through such opportunities as assisting in agronomic field test plot research, helping with variety testing trials, raising plants for a Horticulture Club sale, working with HeatWatch cattle estrus and ultra-sound pregnancy monitoring systems, welding or repairing tractors, and plotting cattle futures.