Author: Brian Keith Garrett
Publisher:
Published: 1993
Total Pages: 95
ISBN-13: 9780730629610
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Guide for farmers to help identify the management and development options to be considered when devising a whole farm plan. Discusses topics such as production, protection, conservation, costing and establishing priorities. Includes four case studies, a list of contacts and suggestions for further reading. The editor is coordinator of Goulburn Dryland Salinity Management Plan in north-eastern Victoria, and has run many whole farm planning courses and workshops for landholder groups and government agency staff.
Author: Brian Keith Garrett
Publisher:
Published: 1989
Total Pages: 48
ISBN-13: 9780724147847
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This booklet was written for use within Whole Farming Courses run by the Department of Conservation and Environment in North Eastern Victoria.
Author: Elizabeth Henderson
Publisher: Chelsea Green Publishing
Published: 2011-04-15
Total Pages: 106
ISBN-13: 1603583564
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Why do whole-farming planning? What makes it more effective than other ways of managing farms? The answers to these questions lie in a quiet rediscovery through science that is fundamentally changing the way modern humans see and must manage the world. The goal of this whole-farm planning manual is to reintroduce a macroscopic method of making and testing decisions on the farm and in larger wholes in which we live. This NOFA guide has information on: Lessons from systems science (including tools) Assessing the whole farm (what are we managing? the people, physical and mental assets, money) Understanding the farm ecosystems (the water and mineral cycles, dynamics of the biological community, the energy flow) Choosing appropriate tools Making a framework to test decisions Including examples and statements from practicing farmers, and more holistic resources and alternative business models.
Author: J B Dent
Publisher: Elsevier
Published: 2013-10-22
Total Pages: 216
ISBN-13: 1483103048
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Farm Planning with Linear Programming: Concept and Practice focuses on concepts and methods in farm planning. The book first discusses the principles of farm planning, including elements of farm planning problems, summary, and review questions. The text highlights farm planning models. The nature of models; commonly used farm planning models; multiple constraint problems and program planning; problems in applying models; and comments are considered. The book also focuses on the linear programming network; opportunity cost and the simplex method; and analysis of the linear programming solution. The text also explains tableaux construction for short-run planning. Crop and pasture rotations; feed budgeting; buy, sell, and hire activities; and livestock reconciliation are discussed. The book also describes pastoral property applications. Breed comparison; economics of off-farm grazing and spatial diversification; and optimal calving date and lactation length on dairy farms are discussed. The text is a good source of information for agricultural researchers, farmers, and students wanting to study farm management.