Step 1: Choose one trend from the six trends listed in lesson "Agribusiness Skills in a Changing World". Step 2: Choose one component of the agribusiness industry for your area of focus. The six components are producers, input suppliers, commodity processors, food manufacturers, food distributors, and food retailers.

Step 3: Explain the role of the component you chose in the trend you chose.

Step 4: Select one company from your component. For example, Chiquita is a producer, and General Mills is a food manufacturer.

Step 5: Search the Web site of the company you chose for career opportunities, and list five jobs that sound interesting to you.

Step 6: List the qualifications the company requires for one of these jobs.

Suppose that jim plans to borrow money for an education at texas a& m university. jim will need to borrow $25,000 at the end of each year for the next five years (total=$125,000). jim wishes his parents could pay for his education but they can’t. at least, he qualifies for government loans with a reduced interest rate while he is in school. he has a special arrangement with aggiebank to lend him the money at a subsidized rate of 1% over five years without having to make a payment until the end of the fifth year. however, at the end of the fifth year, jim agrees to pay off the loan by borrowing from longhorn bank. longhorn bank will lend him the money he needs at an annual interest rate of 6%. jim agrees to pay back the longhorn bank with 20 annual payments and the payments will be uniform (equal annual payments including principal and interest). (i) calculate how much money jim has to borrow at the end of 5 years to pay off the loan with aggiebank. a. $121,336 b. $127,525 c. $125,000 d. $102,020 e. none of the above

When partners own different portions of the business, the terms should be stated clearly in what document? the articles of incorporation the executive summary the business summary the partnership agreement

There are three factors that can affect the shape of the treasury yield curve (r* t , ip t , and mrp t ) and five factors that can affect the shape of the corporate yield curve (r* t , ip t , mrp t , drp t , and lp t ). the yield curve reflects the aggregation of the impacts from these factors. suppose the real risk-free rate and inflation rate are expected to remain at their current levels throughout the foreseeable future. consider all factors that affect the yield curve. then identify which of the following shapes that the us treasury yield curve can take. check all that apply.a. downward-sloping yield curveb. upward-sloping yield curvec. inverted yield curve