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Chris Boyer

Professor & Head | Agricultural and Resource Economics
Overview

My teaching and research programs focuses on farm business management decisions that help producers maximize profits and/or manage risk. The goal of these programs is to enhance the long-term economic sustainability of farm businesses in Tennessee and across the United States. I work with multidisciplinary teams of scientists and Extensions Specialists to identify relevant and important real-world questions and to develop practical solutions. This research enhances my teaching program of farm financial management, investment analysis of technology adoption, data analysis, and land valuation. I have co-developed an AREC study aboard course to Argentina focused on the their global agricultural supply chain.

Research Focus

Farm Business Management & Risk Management for crop and beef cattle producers

Teaching Focus

AREC 312: Rural Real Estate Appraisal; AREC 324: Applications of Quantitative Method; AREC 444: Agricultural Production Technology Management; AGNR 491: Agricultural Business of Argentina

Courses
Below are courses taught during the current or past three academic years. Consult Timetable for the most current listing of courses and instructor(s).
AREC 110 - Opportunities in Agricultural, Food and Resource Economics
1 credit hour(s)

Overview of the curricular requirements for departmental majors, current issues in associated fields of study, and career opportunities.

Registration Restriction(s): Instructor permission required to enroll if student has greater than 60 credit hours.

Semesters Offered: Fall | Syllabus: 2020
AREC 203 - Managerial Controls for Agribusiness
3 credit hour(s)

Introduction to financial and managerial controls with an emphasis on applications to farms, agribusinesses, and natural resource industries. Topics include the construction and use of basic financial documents, cost of goods sold, inventory management, tax management, and capital budgeting.

Other Instructors: Boyer, Chris

Semesters Offered: Fall, Spring
AREC 212 - Introduction to Agribusiness Management
3 credit hour(s)

Introduction to agribusiness firm characteristics and decision-making. Overview of economic principles and the basic functions of management - planning, organizing, controlling, and directing. Specific topics include firm structure, forecasting, marketing and selling, budgeting, break-even analysis, use of financial statements, capital investment, supervision, staffing, and evaluation.

Semesters Offered: Fall, Spring
AREC 342 - Farm Business Management
3 credit hour(s)

Principles and procedures for determining most profitable business organizations and systems of operation; attention to traditional and nontraditional agricultural enterprises and businesses; nature of managerial processes; business records and their uses; budgeting; acquisition and management of capital, land, labor and machinery; farm business planning. Satisfies Volunteer Core Requirement: (EI)
(RE) Prerequisite(s) : AREC 212 or AREC 270*, and ACCT 200 or AREC 203
Recommended Background: Introductory economics and microcomputer competence.

Semesters Offered: Spring
AREC 356 - Marketing Team Participation
1 - 2 credit hours

Participation in the development of a total marketing plan for a product sold to or by farmers. Includes product identification; market research; and development of an action plan, including an extensive promotional plan, financial analysis, and evaluation. Requires preparation of final plan for presentation in written, oral, and visual formats. Plan presented in national competition during the National AgriMarketing Conference.

Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.

Semesters Offered: Fall, Spring
AREC 410 - Senior Seminar
1 credit hour(s)

Capstone experience for departmental majors involving application of curricular knowledge and skills to one or more case studies in the field of agricultural and resource economics.

Registration Restriction(s): Only open to agricultural and resource economics majors with at least junior standing.

Semesters Offered: Fall
AREC 442 - Advanced Agribusiness Management
3 credit hour(s)

Advanced business concepts used in developing and implementing an organizational business strategy. Strategy development will be explored through the processes of analysis, formulation, and implementation. This will include tools for analyzing the firm’s internal strengths and weaknesses, as well as the external environment in which the firm will operate. Satisfies Volunteer Core Requirement: (AOC)
(RE) Prerequisite(s) : AREC 212 and AREC 203 or ACCT 200
Recommended Background: Intermediate microeconomics.
Comment(s): Graduate standing may satisfy prerequisites.

Other Instructors: Boyer, Chris

Semesters Offered: Spring
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865-974-5005

cboyer3@tennessee.edu

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ORCID: 0000-0002-1393-8589
Curriculum Vitae
308G Morgan Hall
2621 Morgan Circle Drive
Knoxville, TN 37996
Education and Training
  • Doctorate, Agricultural Business and Management, Oklahoma State University, 2011
  • MS, Agricultural Business and Management, Texas A&M Univ College Station, 2008
  • BS, Agricultural Business and Management, Texas A&M Univ College Station, 2006
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Chris Boyer

Professor & Head | Agricultural and Resource Economics
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865-974-5005

cboyer3@tennessee.edu

Google Scholar
ORCID: 0000-0002-1393-8589
Curriculum Vitae
308G Morgan Hall
2621 Morgan Circle Drive
Knoxville, TN 37996
Education and Training
  • Doctorate, Agricultural Business and Management, Oklahoma State University, 2011
  • MS, Agricultural Business and Management, Texas A&M Univ College Station, 2008
  • BS, Agricultural Business and Management, Texas A&M Univ College Station, 2006
Overview

My teaching and research programs focuses on farm business management decisions that help producers maximize profits and/or manage risk. The goal of these programs is to enhance the long-term economic sustainability of farm businesses in Tennessee and across the United States. I work with multidisciplinary teams of scientists and Extensions Specialists to identify relevant and important real-world questions and to develop practical solutions. This research enhances my teaching program of farm financial management, investment analysis of technology adoption, data analysis, and land valuation. I have co-developed an AREC study aboard course to Argentina focused on the their global agricultural supply chain.

Research Focus

Farm Business Management & Risk Management for crop and beef cattle producers

Teaching Focus

AREC 312: Rural Real Estate Appraisal; AREC 324: Applications of Quantitative Method; AREC 444: Agricultural Production Technology Management; AGNR 491: Agricultural Business of Argentina

Courses
Below are courses taught during the current or past three academic years. Consult Timetable for the most current listing of courses and instructor(s).
AREC 110 - Opportunities in Agricultural, Food and Resource Economics
1 credit hour(s)

Overview of the curricular requirements for departmental majors, current issues in associated fields of study, and career opportunities.

Registration Restriction(s): Instructor permission required to enroll if student has greater than 60 credit hours.

Semesters Offered: Fall | Syllabus: 2020
AREC 203 - Managerial Controls for Agribusiness
3 credit hour(s)

Introduction to financial and managerial controls with an emphasis on applications to farms, agribusinesses, and natural resource industries. Topics include the construction and use of basic financial documents, cost of goods sold, inventory management, tax management, and capital budgeting.

Other Instructors: Boyer, Chris

Semesters Offered: Fall, Spring
AREC 212 - Introduction to Agribusiness Management
3 credit hour(s)

Introduction to agribusiness firm characteristics and decision-making. Overview of economic principles and the basic functions of management - planning, organizing, controlling, and directing. Specific topics include firm structure, forecasting, marketing and selling, budgeting, break-even analysis, use of financial statements, capital investment, supervision, staffing, and evaluation.

Semesters Offered: Fall, Spring
AREC 342 - Farm Business Management
3 credit hour(s)

Principles and procedures for determining most profitable business organizations and systems of operation; attention to traditional and nontraditional agricultural enterprises and businesses; nature of managerial processes; business records and their uses; budgeting; acquisition and management of capital, land, labor and machinery; farm business planning. Satisfies Volunteer Core Requirement: (EI)
(RE) Prerequisite(s) : AREC 212 or AREC 270*, and ACCT 200 or AREC 203
Recommended Background: Introductory economics and microcomputer competence.

Semesters Offered: Spring
AREC 356 - Marketing Team Participation
1 - 2 credit hours

Participation in the development of a total marketing plan for a product sold to or by farmers. Includes product identification; market research; and development of an action plan, including an extensive promotional plan, financial analysis, and evaluation. Requires preparation of final plan for presentation in written, oral, and visual formats. Plan presented in national competition during the National AgriMarketing Conference.

Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.

Semesters Offered: Fall, Spring
AREC 410 - Senior Seminar
1 credit hour(s)

Capstone experience for departmental majors involving application of curricular knowledge and skills to one or more case studies in the field of agricultural and resource economics.

Registration Restriction(s): Only open to agricultural and resource economics majors with at least junior standing.

Semesters Offered: Fall
AREC 442 - Advanced Agribusiness Management
3 credit hour(s)

Advanced business concepts used in developing and implementing an organizational business strategy. Strategy development will be explored through the processes of analysis, formulation, and implementation. This will include tools for analyzing the firm’s internal strengths and weaknesses, as well as the external environment in which the firm will operate. Satisfies Volunteer Core Requirement: (AOC)
(RE) Prerequisite(s) : AREC 212 and AREC 203 or ACCT 200
Recommended Background: Intermediate microeconomics.
Comment(s): Graduate standing may satisfy prerequisites.

Other Instructors: Boyer, Chris

Semesters Offered: Spring
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