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OverviewFarming is a complex job with many unique challenges, but can also be a rich and rewarding career that is full of opportunities. Following the author's Farm Business Management series, this new textbook takes the core principles and techniques and distils them into an accessible student resource. This book: covers the most important aspects of farm management, such as observation, decision making, budgeting, risk assessment and record keeping; is organized into easy-to-navigate sections such as the farmer's environment, financials, key skills and farm systems; and includes student-focused pedagogy throughout, comprising learning objectives, focus study exercises and review questions. Written by an expert with decades of teaching and research experience around the world, this book also incorporates two brand new chapters on farm accounting and computer systems and software. Providing a hands-on learning experience for students of agriculture, it will continue to be a much-used resource throughout their farming career. This book is enhanced with supplementary resources. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Peter L Nuthall (Lincoln University, New Zealand)Publisher: CABI Publishing Imprint: CABI Publishing Dimensions: Width: 18.90cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 24.60cm Weight: 1.057kg ISBN: 9781780646572ISBN 10: 1780646577 Pages: 374 Publication Date: 25 April 2016 Audience: College/higher education , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsPart 1: The Farmer's Environment 1: Introduction 2: A Synopsis of Production Economics 3: The Environment Farmers Operate Under Part 2: Financials: Budgeting, Risk and Investment 4: Budgeting Theory: The Core Systems of Farm Systems Analysis 5: Budgeting Practicalities: Costing out the Proposals 6: Introduction to Managing Risk and Uncertainty 7: Investment Analysis: Recognising Input Output Timing 8: Farm Finances, Financial Accounts and Records in General Part 3: The Farmer's Skills 9: Skills Required 10: Observation Skills 11: Anticipation and Looking Ahead Skills 12: Understanding the Human Factor 13: Decision and Management Processes and their Improvement Part 4: Farm Systems 14: Improving Systems using Survey Data 15: Introducing Further Methods of Farm Systems Analysis 16: Farm Computing and Software Part 5: More on the Human Factor 17: The Last Word: Objectives and the FamilyReviewsAuthor InformationPeter L. Nuthall has spent many years teaching and researching aspects of farm management. In addition he has developed and managed a team involved in producing and supporting computer aided management systems used by large numbers of farmers. While most of his time has been at Lincoln University in Canterbury, New Zealand, he has also researched and/or taught at the University of Queensland, Purdue University (Indiana), the University of Kent, and the University of Edinburgh. He has also worked for the UK Meat Marketing Board while based at the University of Nottingham (Sutton Bonnington). Many institutions involved in researching and teaching farm management have been visited to gather ideas in both the developed and developing world. He also has experience of agriculture in a diverse range of situations including Russia, India, Fiji, Australia, NZ, USA and the UK. Nuthall has published widely in scientific journals throughout the world, and in monographs as well as having many research results taken up by the popular farming press. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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