MARY BENNETT AgriGrowth Tasmania, Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment, PO Box 44, HOBART, 7001 Mary.Bennett@dpipwe.tas.gov.au ABSTRACT Agriculture, aquaculture and food production are significant contributors to the Tasmanian economy. There are a range of challenges in quantifying...
- January 23, 2019
Mike Stephens Director Meridian Agriculture mstephens@meridian-ag.com.au ABSTRACT In Australia there are 52,140 broadacre (sheep, beef cattle and crop) farms. Few of these farms have been retained in the ownership of the same family for three or more generations. The...
- January 23, 2019
Joanne Tingey-Holyoak UniSA Business School, Adelaide, SA ABSTRACT Primary producers need strategies and tools to assist in monitoring water use with a view to improving physical and financial productivity. Farm accounting systems, if present, lack the sophistication to allow...
- January 23, 2019
Mike Stephens1, Paul Blackshaw1 1Directors, Meridian Agriculture mstephens@meridian-ag.com.au ABSTRACT A positive relationship between the farm business manager and their accountant is a key one in the management and success of the farm. While this relationship is very positive in...
- January 23, 2019
Noonan, John D 1,2 1Agribusiness Management, Curtin University, Australia, j.noonan@curtin.edu.au 2Ticketyboo Management, jn@aftc.org.au ABSTRACT The Farm Business Resilience Program’s delivery of the Farm Planning training program in Western Australia has improved short to medium term physical, financial, social and environmental outcomes...
- January 23, 2019
R Murray-Prior1,2, MF Rola-Rubzen2, KK Das3, R Kumar4, MM Anwar5, Md M Rashid6, B Sapkota7, G Mishra8 1AgribizRD&E Services, Yungaburra, Qld 2University of Western Australia, Perth, WA 3Uttar Banga Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Coochbehar, West Bengal, India 4Bihar Agricultural University, Purnea, Bihar,...
- January 23, 2019
Mathew A. Webb1,2, Darren Kidd1, Rhys Stickler1, Andrew Pirie3 1Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment, Prospect, TAS, Australia 2School of Life and Environmental Sciences & Sydney Institute of Agriculture, The University of Sydney, Eveleigh, NSW, Australia 3Tasmanian Institute...
- January 22, 2019
Darren Kidd1, Mathew Webb1,2, Rhys Stickler 1 1Natural Values Conservation, DPIPWE, Prospect, TAS, Australia 2School of Life and Environmental Sciences & Sydney Institute of Agriculture, The University of Sydney, Eveleigh, NSW, Australia ABSTRACT A series of new irrigation schemes...
- January 22, 2019
Amanda Douridas1, Mary Griffith1, Edwin Lentz1, Mary Ann Rose1, John Schoenhals2 1Ohio State University Extension, Ohio, United States 2Pioneer, Ohio, United States ABSTRACT Ohio residents have been calling for changes in agricultural practices since harmful algal blooms have disrupted...
- January 22, 2019
Alison Bailey1, Jacob Kambuta1, Thomas Perrier1 1Lincoln University Alison.Bailey@lincoln.ac.nz ABSTRACT In recent years, the concept of sustainability has been a feature in agricultural policy discussions. In this context it is important to understand the rationale of farmer’s decisions in...
- January 22, 2019
