Farm management

Suitable for the first course in Farm Management, this text introduces students to the key concepts on how to effectively manage a farm business. It provides students with the basic information needed to measure management performance, financial progress, and the financial condition of the farm busi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Kay, Ronald D. (Author), Duffy, Patricia Ann , 1955- (Author), Edwards, William M. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : McGraw-Hill , 2012
Edition:7th ed
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Farm management in the twenty-first century
  • 2. Management and decision making
  • 3. Acquiring and organizing management information
  • 4. Depreciation and asset valuation
  • 5. The balance sheet and its analysis
  • 6. The income statement and its analysis
  • 7. Economic principles-choosing production levels
  • 8. Economic principles-choosing input and output combinations
  • 9. Cost concepts in economics
  • 10. Enterprise budgeting
  • 11. Partial budgeting
  • 12. Whole-farm planning
  • 13. Cash flow budgeting
  • 14. Farm business organization and transfer
  • 15. Managing risk and uncertainty
  • 16. Managing income taxes
  • 17. Investment analysis
  • 18. Farm business analysis
  • 19. Capital and the use of credit
  • 21. Land-control and use
  • 22. Human resource management
  • 23. Machinery management