Loose Leaf for Farm Management [Loose-leaf]

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 tenth edition provides students with the basic information needed to measure management performance, financial progress, and the financial condition of the farm business.

Part 1 Management

1 Farm Management Now and In the Future

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 and Decision Making

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