Farm business management : analysis of farming systems / / Peter L. Nuthall

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910626110903321
• Autore: Nuthall P. L (Peter Leslie)
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, U.K. ; ; Cambridge, Mass., : CAB International, 2011
• ISBN: 1-283-26776-4; 9786613267764; 1-84593-840-2
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (463 p.)
• Disciplina: 630.68
• Soggetti: Farm management - Decision making; Agricultural systems - Mathematical models
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; The Author; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; 2 The Environment Under Which Farming Systems Exist; 3 Decisions Under Non-certainty - Probability, Methods and Models; 4 Cost-Benefit Analysis - Recognizing Input-Output Timing; 5 More on Decision Making and Utility (Objectives); 6 Farm Surveys - Uses, Procedures and Methods; 7 Improving Farming Systems Using Survey Data; and Information Systems; 8 Constructing Improved Systems; 9 Methods and Models of Income Variability Reducing Techniques; 10 Budgeting - The Simplest Form of Farm Systems Analysis; 11 Linear Programming - The Farm Model and Finding an Optimal Solution12 Linear Programming - Using the Solution and Creating Realistic Farm Models; 13 Dynamic Programming; 14 Systems Simulation; 15 The Structure and Analysis of Specific Part-Farm Problems; 16 Concluding Comments - Review and Summary; Appendix 1: A Synopsis of Production Economics; Appendix 2: Example of the Output From an Individual Farm 'End of Year' Analysis; Appendix 3: Solving Linear Programming Problems; Appendix 4: An Example of a Schematic LP Matrix for a Simple Lamb-Producing Farm; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: The third and final instalment of Peter Nuthall's ""Farm Business Management"" series, this volume teaches the practical skills needed to ; manage a farm, such as risk analysis, budgeting, cost benefit analyses and much more. The key characteristic of this book is its ability to simplify the complex subject of business management into a clear, accessible volume tailored to the topic of farming, by using engaging techniques such as worked examples to fully explain the complex decision making tools necessary for this discipline.