The time is flying by.

Before we know it, my cohort group will be sweating the edits, tearing into data and pouring over research as we work through the thesis requirement of the MAB program. Time is passing by, and we're now less than a year from the expected graduation date.

Courses in the second year have gone smooth. We've covered policy, econometrics, organizational behavior and are swiftly moving through the elective (most of us are doing the MAB-offered Comparative Food & Ag Systems course).

Still to come is the marketing course, taught by the head of K-State's marketing department, over in the College of Business Administration. We've also got the more thesis-specific coursework down the road, like ag. economic analysis.

I think we've rounded the corner. We can't quite see the finish line yet; but we know it's just over the horizon.