In Print: ‘Agribusiness Management’

Publication title

Agribusiness Management

Purdue authors

Jay Akridge

Trey Malone

Authors

Jay Akridge

John Foltz

Elizabeth Yeager

Brady Brewer

Trey Malone

Publisher

Routledge

Publication date

Sept. 30, 2025

About the book (from the publisher)

This seventh edition of “Agribusiness Management” provides students and managers with a fundamental understanding of the key concepts needed to successfully manage food and agribusinesses in a rapidly changing, global, high-tech, consumer-oriented and uncertain world.

This leading text has been restructured and substantially revised for this edition to make it even more relevant and accessible. Offering a contemporary focus that reflects the issues that agribusiness managers face today and are likely to face tomorrow, the book presents conceptual material in a pragmatic way with illustrations and examples that will help the reader understand how a specific concept works in practice. Its decision-making emphasis provides practical tools that readers will find useful when making decisions in the current and future business environment. Examples and case studies are used extensively, including new vignettes throughout the text to help students understand how to apply the material in an industry setting. This seventh edition includes a new chapter on strategic management, as well as more emphasis on supply chain management, new agricultural technology and artificial intelligence.

The book is supported by a suite of digital learning resources, featuring PowerPoint slides and test bank questions for each chapter.

About the Purdue authors

Jay Akridge is a professor of agricultural economics and the Trustees Chair Professor of Teaching and Learning Excellence. His research focuses on strategic management of food and agribusiness firms, adoption of new technology by agribusiness, and the future of higher education. Akridge formerly served as the provost and executive vice president for academic affairs and diversity and the Glenn W. Sample Dean of Agriculture.

Trey Malone is an associate professor of agricultural economics and the Boehlje Chair in Managerial Economics for Agribusiness. His primary research interests are agribusiness entrepreneurship and public policy impacts on agrifood supply chains. His award-winning scholarship has been widely cited, and his expertise is regularly sought by national media outlets such as theAtlantic, Fast Company and Popular Science.

About the In Print series

To celebrate our faculty’s excellence in scholarship, Purdue Today’s weekly book series highlights faculty expertise across diverse subjects and disciplines. Find out more about the Purdue University Books Initiative and how to suggest a book for the In Print series on the Office of the Provost website.