Farm Management - International Edition

This text is developed for the first course in Farm Management, typically taken by a junior/senior level student. Designed to introduce students to the key concepts on how to effectively manage a farm business, the seventh edition provides students with the basic information needed to measure management performance, financial progress, and the financial condition of the farm business.

List of contents

Part 1 Management 1 Farm Management in the Twenty-First Century 2 Management and Decision Making Part 2 Measuring Management Performance 3 Acquiring and Organizing Management Information 4 The Balance Sheet and Its Analysis 5 The Income Statement and Its Analysis 6 Farm Business Analysis Part 3 Applying Economic Principles 7 Economic Principles - Choosing Production Levels 8 Economic Principles - Choosing Input and Output Combinations 9 Cost Concepts in Economics Part 4 Budgeting for Greater Profit 10 Enterprise Budgeting 11 Whole-Farm Planning 12 Partial Budgeting 13 Cash Flow Budgeting Part 5 Improving Management Skills 14 Farm Business Organization and Transfer 15 Managing Risk and Uncertainty 16 Managing Income Taxes 17 Investment Analysis 18 Enterprise Analysis Part 6 Acquiring Resources for Management 19 Capital and Credit 20 Land - Control and Use 21 Human Resource Management 22 Machinery Management

Product details

• Authors: Patricia A. Duffy, William Edwards, William M. Edwards, Ronald Kay, Ronald D Kay, Ronald D. Kay
• Publisher: MCGRAW-HILL Higher Education
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 26.09.2012
• EAN: 9780071086561
• ISBN: 978-0-07-108656-1
• No. of pages: 480
• Dimensions: 187 mm x 236 mm x 18 mm
• Weight: 690 g
• Series: McGraw-Hill International Editions; McGraw-Hill International Editions
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Agriculture, horticulture; forestry, fishing, food