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A whole-farm investment analysis of some precision agriculture technologies
Knight, Brad; Malcolm, Bill - In: AFBM Journal 06 (2009) 1
. The capital cost of GPS technology has to be spread over sufficient hectares. Investment in Zone Management technologies … the spatial variability on this farm, 1670 hectares of crop were required for the investment to break-even with ….5 t/ha in yield across paddocks was required to justify the investment in the Zone Management technology. …
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Changing business environment: implications for farming
Malcolm, Bill - In: AFBM Journal 08 (2011) 2
The natural, technological, economic, political and social environment in which farmers farm constantly changes. History has lessons about change in agriculture and about farmers coping with change, though the future is unknowable and thus always surprising. The implication for farm operation is...
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Farm Management analysis: a core discipline, simple sums, sophisticated thinking
Malcolm, Bill - In: AFBM Journal 01 (2004)
In this paper it is argued that solving problems in farm management involves applying an appropriate balance of disciplinary knowledge. More specifically, farm management decision-making is about making choices, and the discipline of choice is economics. Thus economics is the core discipline of...
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Financing Matters
Malcolm, Bill - In: AFBM Journal 08 (2011) 1
, capital investment in agriculture is considered and key ideas about agricultural financing and implications for farm …
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Farm Management: rethinking directions?
Kemp, David R.; Girdwood, John; Parton, Kevin A.; … - In: AFBM Journal 01 (2004)
Farms and farming are major contributors to the world economy, directly responsible for a large part of GDP. These achievements are not trivial and imply that farms are being managed in reasonably effective ways, else agricultural industries would not be sustained. However has the study of Farm...
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A financial analysis of the effect of the mix of crop and sheep enterprises on the risk profile of dryland farms in south-eastern Australia
Hutchings, Timothy R.; Nordblom, Thomas L. - In: AFBM Journal 08 (2011) 1
This study analyses the financial risk faced by representative mixed-enterprise farm businesses in four regions of south-eastern Australia. It uses discrete stochastic programming to optimise the ten-year cash flow margins produced by these farms, operating three alternative farming systems....
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Accreditation in Australian agriculture – on the right track or are farmers lost in the maze?
Richards, Christine L.; Morgan, Christopher K.; … - In: AFBM Journal 03 (2006) 1
The practices products and resource management of Australia’s farm managers and their environmental consequences are being closely scrutinised by the community. Accreditation is an approach increasingly being used to monitor these matters across agricultural industries. Quality Assurance...
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Saltbush – a case for reintroduction
Ledger, Peter; Morgan, Christopher K. - In: AFBM Journal 04 (2007) 1/2
This paper reviews historical, philosophical and socio-cultural information as a means of explaining why saltbush in Australia has declined. That decline coincided with introduced hard hoofed animals overgrazing native pastures and was compounded by land clearing. Over time, losing ecosystem...
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Organic dairy farming: cost of production and profitability
Shadbolt, Nicola M.; Kelly, Terry; Holmes, Colin - In: AFBM Journal 02 (2005) 2
Organic milk production in the European Union (EU) costs more than conventional production and therefore requires a price premium (15-25%) and an increase in direct payments to ensure the same level of profitability. In European comparisons, milk yields per cow are lower (9-30%) and stocking...
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The Reporting and Support Framework
Alford, Andrew R.; Purcell, Dougal; Clark, Richard A.; … - In: AFBM Journal 05 (2008) 1/2
The Reporting and Support Framework is an integral component of the Measuring, Monitoring and Evaluation (MME) strategy. This framework is designed to capture changes in practices, processes and outcomes in the CI&I partnerships and in beef businesses, partnerships, value chains and the broader...
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