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Farm Business Management : The Strategic Farmer.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Nuthall, Peter L., author.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Agriculture Economic aspects.
Agriculture.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (364 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
Place of Publication:
Oxford : CAB International, 2023.
Summary:
This book takes a novel approach to teaching farm management and strategic decision making processes. It has been written for all farmers but is also a valuable resource for students of farm management and agribusiness. References to formal theories and explanations are provided along with exercises and case studies.
Contents:
Intro
HalfTitle
Title
Copyright
Contents
Preface
The Characters
About the Author
Sources of Further Reading on the Important Topics Raised in the Chapters
1 Past and future
2 Farmer experiments on day-to-day management, and big decisions
3 But what do you want?
4 What will happen in the world?
5 How good are you?
6 The survival of the current world in question maybe?
7 Regen … sounds just perfect?
8 The rush of technology and its solutions
9 Extremes and coping with living
10 But what about the next generation?
11 Putting it all together. What now?
12 A question of size, but how to buy?
13 At last … real action on all fronts
Appendices
A.1 Managerial Style
A.2 Question Set to Assess a Farmer's Locus of Control
A.3 Goals and Aims Question Set
A.4 Set of Questions to Assess a Farmer's Risk Attitude
A.5 Set of Questions As a Guide to a Questionnaire That Might be Used for Assessing a Manager's Ability
A.6 Topics Raised and Further Reading
Index
Backcover.
Notes:
Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
Other Format:
Print version: Nuthall, Peter L. Farm Business Management
ISBN:
9781800624245
1800624247
9781800624252
1800624255

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