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...
- January 23, 2019
Timothy K. Roberts1, John Wibberley2 1Tropical Agriculture Association UK 2University of Reading & RAU Cirencester, UK E-mail: ejwibberley@btinternet.com ABSTRACT There are considerable challenges to be faced to earn a livelihood from the semi-arid land of Laikipia, Kenya. These include...
- January 23, 2019
Professor E. John Wibberley, PhD, FRAgS, University of Reading & Royal Agricultural University, Cirencester, UK E-mail: ejwibberley@btinternet.com ABSTRACT During a period when agricultural management signals and imperatives are being reviewed internationally, this paper explores the balance between production-linked and...
- January 23, 2019
Iona Anne McCarthy1, and Anne Elizabeth Dooley2 1College of Business, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand 2Perrin Ag Consultants Ltd, Palmerston North, New Zealand I.A.McCarthy@massey.ac.nz ABSTRACT Research on how rural professionals work is limited, with even less on their...
- January 23, 2019
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,...
- January 23, 2019
Ellen Freeman1, Shane Keeler2, Rhys Stickler 1 1Department Of Primary Industries, Parks, Water And Environment, DPIPWE, Prospect, TAS, Australia 2Department Of Primary Industries, Parks, Water And Environment, Currie, King Island, Australia ABSTRACT Since 1995 populations of wallabies, predominantly Bennetts...
- January 23, 2019
Gemma Lewis1, Anoma Ariyawardana2, Lilly Lim-Camacho3, Joseph Crawford1 1Tasmanian School of Business and Economics, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia 2School of Agriculture and Food Sciences, The University of Queensland, Gatton, Queensland, Australia 3Agriculture and Global Change, CSIRO Agriculture and Food, St Lucia,...
- January 23, 2019
Eric Nankivell Farmanco, Albury, NSW, Australia ABSTRACT Benchmarking is used widely in farm management helping managers identify key opportunities for business improvement. The Farmanco Profit Series is a numbered benchmarking service. Each number represents a farming business. The detail...
- January 23, 2019
Koohyar Khatami, David Gray, Nicola Shadbolt, Anne Dooley School of Agriculture and Environment, Massey University, New Zealand. s.khatami@massey.ac.nz Abstract New Zealand’s dairy farming sector has changed dramatically over the last two decades. As a result of growth in demand, dairy...
- January 23, 2019
Gregg Ibendahl 1, Elizabeth A. Yeager 1, and Terry W Griffin1 1Department of Agricultural Economics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, USA twgriffin@ksu.edu ABSTRACT Precision agriculture technologies have been available for adoption and utilization at the farm level for several decades. Some...
- January 23, 2019
