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Top Performing Farmers are Information Rich: Case Studies of Sheep and Cattle Farmers in the South Island of New Zealand

Verissimo, Andrea; Woodford, Keith - International Farm Management Association - IFMA - 2005

that cannot be reversed. All were benchmarking their operations against other top operators, both formally and informally …

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IFCN Cash Crop: Benchmarking Farms Globally Oilseed Production Costs

Plessmann, Frank; Ebmeyer, Christian; Goerg, Konrad - International Farm Management Association - IFMA - 2005

Vegetable oil production has become one of the fastest expanding cash crop sectors in the last 50 years and it is still increasing rapidly. However the regions of expansion, the sources of plant oil and their importance vary over time. To shed light on this development it is necessary to look at...

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On-Farm Benchmarking: How to Do It and How to Do It Better

Franks, J.R.; Collis, Jimi - International Farm Management Association - IFMA - 2003

Benchmarking is the practice of establishing the relative performance of a business or enterprise against an … Farming and Food (2002) highlighted a need to spread and improve benchmarking on farms. The requirements of effective … benchmarking are illustrated in a ten step framework. The ten steps illustrate the range of expertise and resources a manager …

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Developing Farmer Focus Groups as a Knowledge Transfer Mechanism: A Practical Experience

Barriball, Keith; Byles, Sharon; Biddick, Laura - International Farm Management Association - IFMA - 2005

characteristics of focus groups are summarised, as portrayed by four different stakeholder groups. Benchmarking, as a means of …

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Queensland Dairy Accounting Scheme 2004 Results and Analysis

Murphy, Ray; Busby, Graeme - International Farm Management Association - IFMA - 2005

This paper provides an overview of the operation of the Queensland Dairy Accounting Scheme (QDAS) and the results and analysis of the 2003-04 data. QDAS is a voluntary scheme providing dairy farmers with an analysis of their dairy business. Key indictors measure performance and the results are...

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