本課主要是以個體經濟學理論為基礎，程學習農產品特性，及價格形成過程，以及運銷價差，探討不同時間、地點之農產品價格間的關連性，校正通貨膨脹，分析價格變動和季節性，農產品市場結構與價格，電子商務、統計軟體、實務與資料等．

課程綱要 :
1.緒論and農業市場特性 Introduction and Farm Markets
2.價格的決定及價格發現Price Determination Versus Price Discovery.
3.農產品的供給 Supply-Demand Relationships--Supply.
4.農產品需求 Supply-Demand Relationships--Demand and Elasticity.
5.校正通貨膨脹--使用指數Correcting for Inflation--The Use of Index Numbers.
6.價格變動--循環和季節性Price Movements Over Time—Cycles and Measuring Cycles and Seasonality
7.蛛網模型及計量經濟的估計--趨勢的分析 Cobweb Model and Simple Linear Regression and the Estimation of Trends.
8.供需估計—多圖相關性及迴歸Estimation of Demand and Supply--Multiple Graphic Correlation and Regression Revisited.
9.成本, 分級, 和差價Cost, Grading, and Price Differences
10.農產品市場拓展-訂價與消費市場 Agricultural Market Expansion—Pricing and Consumption Market
11.市場結構--純競爭Market Structure--Pure Competition.
12.市場結構--壟斷和獨買Market Structure--Monopoly and Monopsony.
13.市場結構--寡占Market Structure--Oligopoly and Oligopsony.
14.成本變化的負擔Incidence of Changes in Marketing Costs
15.空間價格關係和市場邊界Spatial Price Relationships and Market Boundaries
16.政府對農產品定價的干預 Government Intervention in Pricing Agricultural Products
17.電子商務模式、農產價格實務與資料、統計軟體 Electric Business, Farm Price Data, and Statistical Software
18. 期末考/期末報告