Managing the farm business/

By:

Harsh, Stephen B

Contributor(s):

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, c1981.Description: xv, 384 p.:illISBN:

0135503760 :

Subject(s):

Farm management

DDC classification:

630.68 HAR

LOC classification:

S561 .H239

Summary: The book is organized into several chapters. Chapter 1 deals with the role of management. Chapter 2 outlines the role of information in decision making. Chapter 3 contains the basic economic concepts and principles that are the foundation for much of the problem-solving analyses in the remainder of the text. Chapter 4 describes farm business organizational alternatives available for farmers. In Chapter 5, basic farm accounting systems are outlined. Chapter 6 deals with alternative farm records, such as those pertaining to soils, livestock, and machinery. Chapter 7 covers farm business analysis. Regional comparative advantage, marketing and input purchasing strategies, and dealing with governmental programs are stressed in Chapter 8. Basic concepts and techniques for forward farm planning are introduced in Chapter 9, and are then utilized and applied for whole farm planning in Chapter 10. Farm investment analysis, labour and machinery management, and income tax management are handled separately in Chapters 11 through 13. The complexities of decision-making under risks and uncertainty are introduced in Chapter 14. Finally, a chapter on farm growth, liquidation, and transfer concludes the section,

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Monograph & others	CBN HQ Library General Stacks	Non-fiction	630.68 HAR (Browse shelf(Opens below))	c.1	Available		31008100159611

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The book is organized into several chapters. Chapter 1 deals with the role of management. Chapter 2 outlines the role of information in decision making. Chapter 3 contains the basic economic concepts and principles that are the foundation for much of the problem-solving analyses in the remainder of the text. Chapter 4 describes farm business organizational alternatives available for farmers. In Chapter 5, basic farm accounting systems are outlined. Chapter 6 deals with alternative farm records, such as those pertaining to soils, livestock, and machinery. Chapter 7 covers farm business analysis. Regional comparative advantage, marketing and input purchasing strategies, and dealing with governmental programs are stressed in Chapter 8. Basic concepts and techniques for forward farm planning are introduced in Chapter 9, and are then utilized and applied for whole farm planning in Chapter 10. Farm investment analysis, labour and machinery management, and income tax management are handled separately in Chapters 11 through 13. The complexities of decision-making under risks and uncertainty are introduced in Chapter 14. Finally, a chapter on farm growth, liquidation, and transfer concludes the section,

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