Food & Ag Markets
  • Market Analysis Project
  • Spring 2026
    • Syllabus
    • Schedule
  • Fall 2025
    • Syllabus - Fall 2025
    • Schedule - Fall 2025
    • Readings
    • Market Data Analysis Project
    • Excel Lab (In-Class)
    • Assignment 2 (Excel Primer)
    • Assignment 3
    • Assignment 4
    • Assignment 4 - Solution Key
    • Assignment 5
    • Assignment 5 - Solution Key
    • Equilibrium Displacement Models
    • Multi-Sector Model
    • SSNIP Test for Market Definition

Fall 2025 Course Schedule

All lecture slides are available on Canvas.

Week Date Day Lecture Content1 Assignment2
1 8/26 T Lecture 1.1
1 8/28 R Lecture 1.2 Homework 1
2 9/2 T Lecture 2.1
2 9/4 R Lecture 3.1 Homework 2
3 9/9 T Lecture 3.2
3 9/11 R Lecture 3.3
4 9/16 T In-Class Activity: General Price Analysis
4 9/18 R In-Class Activity: Equilibrium Displacement Models Homework 3
5 9/23 T Lecture 3.4
5 9/25 R Lecture 4.1
6 9/30 T Dr. Koontz Guest Lecture
6 10/2 R Lecture 4.2
7 10/7 T Lecture 4.3
7 10/9 R Exam 1 Study Session (In-Class)
8 10/14 T Exam 1 (In-Class)
Bring a calculator!
8 10/16 R In-Class Activity: Excel Lab
9 10/21 T Lecture 5.1
9 10/23 R Lecture 5.2 Homework 4
10 10/28 T Lecture 5.2 (extended)
10 10/30 R In-Class Activity: Market Power in Beef Industry
11 11/4 T Lecture 6.1
11 11/6 R In-Class Activity: Price Indexes Homework 5
12 11/11 T Lecture 7.1
12 11/13 R Lecture 8.1
13 11/18 T Lecture 8.2
13 11/20 R Lecture 8.2 + In-Class Activity Homework 6
14 11/25 T Fall Recess
14 11/27 R Fall Recess (Thanksgiving)
15 12/2 T Lecture 7.2
15 12/4 R Exam 2 Study Session (In-Class)
16 12/9 T Exam 2 (In-Class)
Bring a calculator!
16 12/11 R Final Project “Lab” (In-Class) Market Data Analysis Project

Note: T–Tuesday; R–Thursday

Footnotes

  1. First number indicates Module, Second number indicates Lecture↩︎

  2. Homework assignments are due the corresponding Fridays at 11:59 PM↩︎

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