Chris. Lewis1, K Verhoek1, I Williams2 1BakerAg 2Pioneer Brand Products Corresponding Author: Chris Lewis. chrisl@bakerag.co.nz.   ABSTRACT Benchmarking is the practice of establishing the relative performance of a business against an appropriate standard, which can be self-set targets or peer...
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James W. Richardson2, Joe L. Outlaw1 1Regents Fellow and Co-Director of Agricultural and Food Policy Center, Texas A&M University 2Senior Regents Professor and Co-Director of Agricultural and Food Policy Center, Texas A&M University   ABSTRACT Agricultural producers in the U.S....
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Terry Betker, P.Ag., CAC, CMC Backswath Management Inc. terry.betker@backswath.com   ABSTRACT  Successful farm operators know the importance of continuously evaluating their business performance. But to truly complete a thorough examination of an operation’s effectiveness, farm owners and managers need to...
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Tomke Lindena1, Dr. Birthe Lassen1 1Thünen Institute of Farms Economics Tomke.Lindena@thuenen.de   ABSTRACT The European Dairy Farmers (EDF) Snapshot 2018 focused on “Animal Welfare” as animal welfare is a daily concern of dairy farmers and is increasingly important to those...
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Prof Christo Bisschoff1, Mr J Craven1 1NWU Business School, North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa Christo.bisschoff@nwu.ac.za   ABSTRACT The postmodern ultra-competitive global marketplace makes it difficult for companies to hold on to customers.  This is especially true for industries that are...
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Frikkie Maré1 and Henry Jordaan1 1Department of Agricultural Economics, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa MareFA@ufs.ac.za   ABSTRACT In order to ensure the future existence of an industry or business, it should be sustainable in terms of environmental...
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Professor E. John Wibberley, PhD, FRAgS, University of Reading & Royal Agricultural University, Cirencester, UK, ejwibberley@btinternet.com   ABSTRACT Decision-making is a crucial component of farm management. Farmers may choose to cede decision-making to others inside or outside their businesses (as specialists,...
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John P. Hewlett1, Jay Parsons1 1University of Wyoming, Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, Laramie, Wyoming U.S.A. hewlett@uwyo.edu   ABSTRACT United States farm policy enacted since 1996 has created a need for agricultural producers to better understand and manage risk. However,...
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Gregory Ibendahl Kansas State University, Wamego, Kansas, United States   ABSTRACT Agricultural loan delinquency rates cannot be fully explained just from an examination of farm profitability. During a period from 2009 through 2010 the agricultural loan delinquency rate nearly doubled...
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Lipari, M., Watson, H. Farm Management Canada (FMC) mathieu@fmc-gac.com   ABSTRACT Agriculture is an industry riddled with risk and uncertainty. In fact, agriculture rates amongst the highest risk industries in the world. Climate change, pests and disease, demand for growth,...
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