Business minor suggestions to help out family's farm?

College Majors Business Major
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<p>Hello there, </p>

<p>My family owns and operates a farm (classified as a small business), and though I don't plan on taking over the farm, I'm thinking about adding on some sort of business minor to help broaden my own marketability and to also maybe help manage things there. </p>

<p>The minors that I'm considering are as follows:</p>

<p>Minor in accounting
Minor in business
Minor in economics
Minor in quantitative methods</p>

<p>I'm essentially wondering which one of these would be the most useful/applicable to the farm and that would help me with future job prospects? At the moment I'm an undeclared rising junior, but I find myself gravitating towards a degree in English. </p>

<p>I don't mind having to go summers and even extra time to finish my degree and a minor because I really want to do things right. I received a lot of flak from my family for attending college in the first place, so by taking on something I can bring back to them, I'm hoping to smooth things over a bit. </p>

<p>My math scores in high school were decent (had an A in AP Calculus and a 27 on ACT Math) but I don't think I'm engineering material, if that makes any sense (especially since I haven't taken any college math classes). I'm very intrigued with money (best ways to make/save/invest it), and I enjoy the business aspects of farmer's markets (how to best display your produce, how much to charge, where to place the big sellers, etc.) </p>

<p>Just looking for some advice from anyone who can help me. Thank you so much!</p>

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<p>I say Accounting the most applicable. (It doesn’t require much math, usually just one stat class, maybe a business calc class [easier version of calc 1]).</p>

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<p>I am with barkk. Accounting is the way to go. It allows you to do bookkeeeping, learn how to make a financial statement, and help with costing. Also, some tax classes will enable you to review the tax return.</p>

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<p>Econ for the farm. Learn to forecast inflation and supply and demand. The price of future crop sales will depend on it</p>

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<p>Look at applied or agricultural econ.</p>