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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
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 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
to reduce costs rather than to increase income, especially when the farms are achieving near the maximum practical water …
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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
systems has given rise to confusion, duplication, and increased management and industry costs, with limited assurances to …
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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 … calculated 22-37% higher costs of production. Similarly the cost increase measured in California ranged from 13-23% for organic … (2002), and for the Argentinean farms compared by IFCN (2003), suggested a minimal increase of 3% in costs. This paper …
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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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Comparative analysis of different tillage systems used in sugarcane (Thailand)
Grange, Ian; Prammanee, P.; Prasertsak, P. - In: AFBM Journal 02 (2005) 1
to overall production costs. Since estimates that mechanization can contribute as much as 50% of the total production … costs, considerable savings can potentially be made if the number of tillage operations is reduced. Such savings however …, have to be offset against other costs associated with minimum or no-tillage systems, such as the increased need for …
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