Description
Book SynopsisDesigned to teach the farm managers of tomorrow,
Farm Management emphasizes the strategic and operations aspects of managing a farm. Today's farm managers will want to consult it as well to improve the effectiveness, objectivity, and success of their decisions.
This innovative textbook is framed by the increasing need for farmers to develop and follow a business plan. Topics not found in traditional farm management texts include: Strategic management; How to evaluate, choose, and implement the business strategies that best fit the farm and the farmer; Production and operations planning; How to benefit from techniques and management tools used in general business; Quality management and control that will decrease costs and meet consumer demands; Production contract evaluation; Decision making beyond the traditional microeconomic analysis: decision making under risk and the development of scenarios to understand the impact of an uncertain future.
Table of ContentsStrategic management—How to evaluate, choose, and implement the business strategies that best fit the farmer, the farm and the changing world
Production and operations planning—How to benefit from techniques and management tools used in general business
Quality management and control—How to decrease costs, better meet consumer demands and improve the progress towards goals and objectives
Production contract evaluation—Discusses how to evaluate contracts and includes a checklist of items that a farmer should consider
Decision-making beyond the traditional microeconomic analysis—In addition to the topics just mentioned, the text includes decision making under risk and the development of scenarios to understand the impact of an uncertain future
