Farm planning and control

"Although there are many motives for farming, the achievement of a worthwhile financial return, coupled with a good standard of living, ranks high among them. This implies the need for sound business organisation - the more so as holdings become larger, more specialised and more capital intensi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Barnard, Christopher Stephen, autor (autor), Nix, John, autor
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press 1979.
Edición:2nd ed
Colección:CUP ebooks.
Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • I. The organisation of resources
  • II. The organisation of enterprises
  • III. The combination of enterprises
  • IV. The control of resources and enterprises.
  • The planning environment and the managerial function
  • Basic principles and concepts of planning
  • The organisation of capital- general
  • The organisation of capital- machinery, buildings and land
  • The organisation of labour
  • An introduction to enterprise organisation
  • Livestock yield and fixed costs
  • Yield, variable costs and optimal feed conversion
  • The selection of feedstuffs
  • The influence of season on livestock production
  • The provision of replacements
  • Crops and cropping
  • Principles and procedures in planning enterprise combination
  • Budgeting and programme planning
  • Linear programming
  • Uncertainty and farm organisation and planning
  • Further programming techniques
  • Matrix construction
  • Data recording
  • Data analysis
  • Methods of control.