The Economics of Farm Management: A Global Perspective

ISBN-13: 9781032247946 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 608 str.

Kent Olson; John Westra

Opis

Future farm managers need a range of tools and knowledge to run successful businesses, and this accessible textbook provides the required foundations from economics and management, applied to the farm context.

Recenzje

"If there is one book that any agriculture student or farmer should refer to, to better manage farm business and conduct farm-related analysis, this is the one."

Jebaraj Asirvatham, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, USA

Spis treści

1. Managing the Farm in an Integrated World Economy 2. Management 3. Business Plans 4. Lessons from Microeconomics 5. Lessons from Macroeconomics 6. Government Policies Affecting Farming around the World 7. Strategic Management: Planning 8. Strategic Management: External and Internal Analysis 9. Crafting Strategy 10. Strategy Execution and Control 11. Marketing Basics 12. Financial Statements 13. Financial Analysis 14. Financial Management 15. Enterprise Budgets: Uses and Development 16. Partial Budgets 17. Whole-Farm Planning 18. Operations Management for the Farm 19. Quality Management and Control 20. Investment Analysis 21. Land Ownership and Use 22. Risk Management 23. Production Contract Evaluation 24. Human Resource Management 25. Business Organization 26. Farm Transfer and Succession Planning 27. Farming in the Future