An understanding of the business environment is essential for graduates seeking employment in animal and plant production enterprises and in the agribusiness community. Principles of business management, economics, marketing and human resource management of rural enterprises are introduced within a systems framework.

Graduates find employment in a variety of fields including (but not limited to): Agribusiness and farm management; Commodity trading; Sales and marketing; Banking, finance and insurance; Government agencies and Policy development and analysis within agricultural and regional agencies.