Agricultural Management Diploma at Olds College

What can you expect from our program?

If you are looking for a career that will help feed, clothe, house or even fuel the world you have found the right place. Olds College’s Agricultural Management diploma program gives you a comprehensive education in all aspects of agriculture. Through a mix of classroom time and hands-on experience on the Olds College farm, students work together in small classes with like-minded peers and learn from instructors who have unparalleled knowledge and experience in the agriculture industry.

What will you learn?

Students in our Agricultural Management program will develop a foundation of business skills, including communication, accounting and marketing strategies informed by surveying global and local policy facing the agricultural industry. You will be exposed to the advancement of agricultural technology, from accounting software to farm machinery. You will gain an environmental understanding in the production of food, feed, fuel and fibre, livestock physiology and health, and the global issues that are currently impacting the industry.

• Agribusiness management principles
• Agribusiness technology
• Beef cattle management
• Crop production
• Environmental farm management
• Farm management
• Livestock physiology, health and nutrition
• Livestock breeding strategies
• Machinery
• Marketing
• Pest management
• Precision Crop Systems
• Soils and nutrition
• Workplace communication

Your future

Job opportunities include:

applied research technician, agricultural lender, processing plant technician, marketer of agricultural commodities or processed products or farm, feedlot or ranch manager.