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Early indicators of the extent of climate change on Australian farms
Crean, Jason; Parton, Kevin A.; Hayman, Peter; Mullen, … - In: AFBM Journal 06 (2009) 2
More research is needed before we know the implications of climate change for Australian farms. Nevertheless given the information at hand, an assessment can be made of some early indicators. First, the severity of the recent drought was compared with earlier droughts. Second, the trend in...
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Equity financing and investment opportunities in Canadian primary agriculture
Painter, Marvin J. - In: AFBM Journal 07 (2010) 1
and bonds make it a good candidate for portfolio diversification benefits. …
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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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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
Farm systems in Australia are open systems. The financial openness of farm systems has implications for managing farms and, thus, implications for analysing farm management decisions and farm performance. In elaborating on this theme, capital investment in agriculture is considered and key ideas...
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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 …
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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
these farms, operating three alternative farming systems. Monte Carlo simulation analysis is used to produce a risk profile … mean values for climate and prices disguises the considerable risks involved with cropping in this area. Diversification … margins) do not characterise the risk-adjusted performance of the various farming systems and almost certainly result in a …
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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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Analysing drought impacts and recovery options by adapting a dairy farming systems modelling approach
Armstrong, Dan P.; Ho, Christie K.M.; Doyle, Peter T.; … - In: AFBM Journal 02 (2005) 1
the relationships between components of farming systems, enabling rapid adaptation of their mental frameworks. • The …
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