- Degree
- HSWT Certificate
- Dates
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Only group applications of 7 participants or more will be accepted.
Individual registrations cannot be considered and will not be answered. - Zugangsvoraussetzungen
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Basic knowledge of agricultural economics
- Costs
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From €100 per participant per day, plus travel and accommodation costs
Course content Agricultural Economics at the HSWT
Over five days, agricultural managers are given an overview of the agricultural economics of farms in Germany. The methods of common profitability calculations will be explained both theoretically and in practice.
Focus of the agricultural economics seminar
The focus of the course is on economic calculations for
- the minimum use of machinery (tractor/combine harvester)
- fertiliser requirements
- profitability (marginal yield calculation) for the cultivation of cereals (wheat, oats, barley, maize, etc.) and dairy cattle.
- multi-period investments
- the interplay of costs, yields, profits, machinery and equipment calculations.
Methods & tools of the certificate course at the HSWT
The experienced teaching staff use both traditional and digital ways of learning to make the 5-day seminar varied. These include
- Meetings with farm managers to discuss profitability and viability calculations
- Triesdorf-MAX software for calculating the profitability of Agriculture farms
- Guided implementation of the management plan for the development of the business
- Introduction to investment plan & cost estimate and planning methods
- Other contents on request...
- Target group
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Agriculture managers, farmers, agricultural economists, accountants
- Size of the group
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Currently only group requests - Optimal group size 15 participants (min. 12 max. 24 participants)
- Instructors
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HSWT lecturers, experts from the Triesdorf Agriculture Training Centre, other external specialists
- Other languages
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Professional translation into Russian, Ukrainian, Armenian, Kazakh, Uzbek and other languages possible
What is included in the price of the Agricultural Economics certificate course?
These services are included in the course offer:
- Course fees
- Transfer from arrival airport & to departure airport
- Travel health insurance & liability insurance
- Drinks and coffee breaks
- Professional translation of the course and teaching materials (will be translated into the desired language)
- Trips and excursions
The following costs are not included in the course fees, but can be offered additionally:
- Accommodation in the campus hotel or in 3* hotels with breakfast
- Catering (lunch & dinner)
- Additional cultural programmes in your free time
