| [image: Students] | [image: research] | [image: Extension] | Academics | | | The Department of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness is nationally and internationally known for teaching, research, service programs, and providing outstanding undergraduate and graduate degrees. | The department conducts research in: food, agriculture, natural resources and the environment, community development, international trade and transportation, and agribusiness. | LSU AgCenter agricultural economists develop programs to deliver information on farm financial management, market, and policy. We also teach the use of economic principles in making business decisions. |
| Our Mission | | The agricultural economists of the LSU Agricultural Center work to develop extension and outreach educational programs that deliver relevant farm financial management, market and policy information and to teach the use of economic principles in making business decisions. These programs are designed to: - Enhance the use of economic principles and market information in solving the economic problems faced by people in farming, agribusinesses, natural resources and rural communities
- Support educational development that uses research-based knowledge and interdisciplinary efforts to address the needs of Louisiana's agriculture and natural resources
- Respond to high-priority issues relating to farming, agribusiness, natural resources and rural communities.
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