An introduction to farm organisation and management /
Buckett, M.
An introduction to farm organisation and management / Maurice Buckett. - 2nd edition - Oxford [Oxfordshire] ; New York : Pergamon Press, c1988. - x, 338 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
CONTENTS
1 The farmer and his management functions
1.1 The processes and functions of management
1.2 The farmer and management skills
2. Environmental factors and forecasting
2.1 The background to trade
2.2 Political and economic factors
2.3 Government support mechanisms
2.4 The value and cost of money
2.5 Technological and biological factors
2.6 Forecasting
3.. Basic economic principles of production
3.1 The application of economic principles to agriculture
3.2 production decisions in relation to economic principles
4. Farm business records
4.1 Objectives of recording
4.2 The main physical records
4.3 Financial records
4.4 Banking and related records
4.5 Value added tax
4.6 Valuations and depreciation
4.7 Profit and loss account introducing the gross margin concept
4.8 The balance sheet
4.9 Mechanized accounting and computers
5. Analysis and appraisal of the performance of a farm business
5.1 Objectives of analysis and account adjustment
5.2 Comparative account analysis whole farm
5.3 Balance sheet analysis
5.4 Grow margin analysis
6. Agricultural land
6.1 Land as a basic resource
6.2 Land values
6.3 Lands tenure
7.Capital and taxation
7.1 The use of capital
7.2 Sources and use of credit and capital
7.3 taxation
7.4 Types of business structure
7.5 Interest rates and inflation
8. Labor and machinery
8.1 Labor , machinery and the farming systems
8.2 Planning labor
8.3 Requiting and selecting staff
8.4 Staff management
8.5 Pay and condition
8.6 Work study and related aspects
8.7 Machinery planning
9. Factors afecting the profitability of the main farm enterprises
9.1 Intoduction to rnterprise studies
9.2 Grass
9.3 Milk production
9.4. Beef production
9.5 Pig production
9.6. Sheep production
9.7 Cereal production
9.8. Potatoes
9.9. Sugar Beet
10 Planning and budgeting
11. Capital budgeting and investment appraisal
12 Implementation, marketing control
Includes index(p.333-338)
0080342035 (Hardcover) 00803422027(flexicover)
Farm management.
630.68 / BUC
An introduction to farm organisation and management / Maurice Buckett. - 2nd edition - Oxford [Oxfordshire] ; New York : Pergamon Press, c1988. - x, 338 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
CONTENTS
1 The farmer and his management functions
1.1 The processes and functions of management
1.2 The farmer and management skills
2. Environmental factors and forecasting
2.1 The background to trade
2.2 Political and economic factors
2.3 Government support mechanisms
2.4 The value and cost of money
2.5 Technological and biological factors
2.6 Forecasting
3.. Basic economic principles of production
3.1 The application of economic principles to agriculture
3.2 production decisions in relation to economic principles
4. Farm business records
4.1 Objectives of recording
4.2 The main physical records
4.3 Financial records
4.4 Banking and related records
4.5 Value added tax
4.6 Valuations and depreciation
4.7 Profit and loss account introducing the gross margin concept
4.8 The balance sheet
4.9 Mechanized accounting and computers
5. Analysis and appraisal of the performance of a farm business
5.1 Objectives of analysis and account adjustment
5.2 Comparative account analysis whole farm
5.3 Balance sheet analysis
5.4 Grow margin analysis
6. Agricultural land
6.1 Land as a basic resource
6.2 Land values
6.3 Lands tenure
7.Capital and taxation
7.1 The use of capital
7.2 Sources and use of credit and capital
7.3 taxation
7.4 Types of business structure
7.5 Interest rates and inflation
8. Labor and machinery
8.1 Labor , machinery and the farming systems
8.2 Planning labor
8.3 Requiting and selecting staff
8.4 Staff management
8.5 Pay and condition
8.6 Work study and related aspects
8.7 Machinery planning
9. Factors afecting the profitability of the main farm enterprises
9.1 Intoduction to rnterprise studies
9.2 Grass
9.3 Milk production
9.4. Beef production
9.5 Pig production
9.6. Sheep production
9.7 Cereal production
9.8. Potatoes
9.9. Sugar Beet
10 Planning and budgeting
11. Capital budgeting and investment appraisal
12 Implementation, marketing control
Includes index(p.333-338)
0080342035 (Hardcover) 00803422027(flexicover)
Farm management.
630.68 / BUC