Whole Farm Management: From Start-Up to Sustainability
| PUBLISHER | Storey Publishing (11/12/2019) |
| PRODUCT TYPE | Paperback (Paperback) |
Description
Farming is a business, as well as a way of life. Whole Farm Management is a comprehensive guide developed by the Small Farms Program at Oregon State University to help aspiring and beginner farmers make smart business decisions to ensure lasting success. In clear, accessible language, this book covers every essential step, from developing a strategic plan to acquiring equipment, establishing infrastructure, finding markets, budgeting, managing day-to-day operations, and selecting a business structure for long-term viability. The emphasis throughout is on using sustainable agricultural systems and managing the whole farm, whether raising grass-based livestock, perennial food crops, or annual crops such as flowers. Case studies of successful farms, along with guidance and solutions to common problems from long-time farmers, round out this essential handbook.
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Product Details
ISBN-13:
9781635860740
ISBN-10:
1635860741
Binding:
Paperback or Softback (Trade Paperback (Us))
Content Language:
English
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Page Count:
312
Carton Quantity:
14
Product Dimensions:
8.00 x 0.70 x 9.90 inches
Weight:
1.94 pound(s)
Feature Codes:
Bibliography,
Index,
Price on Product,
Illustrated
Country of Origin:
CN
Subject Information
BISAC Categories
Technology & Engineering | Agriculture - Organic
Technology & Engineering | Industries - Agribusiness
Technology & Engineering | Small Business - General
Dewey Decimal:
630.68
Library of Congress Control Number:
2019025786
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This essential guide leads aspiring and beginning farmers through the business aspects of starting, growing, and maintaining a successful farming enterprise, from goal-setting and thinking like an entrepreneur to selecting equipment, evaluating markets, managing financials, farming with natural systems, and dealing with the day-to-day challenges of operation.
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Build a Complete Plan for Your Small Farm Based on the acclaimed curriculum from the Center for Small Farms & Community Food Systems, this guidebook provides a complete program for starting, growing, and maintaining a farm business. Drawings on the experience and insights of 12 contributing authors and 16 farmers from across North America, it offers a holistic apporach to farm management, addressing the interconnected elements of the farm system and emphasizing sustainable, organic methods. Rural and urban enterprisers alike will learn about:
- Strategic planning
- Farm infrastructure, labor, and energy
- Markets and marketing
- Business management for the farm
- Managing the whole farm ecosystem
- Entrepreneurship and family business dynamics.
- Strategic planning
- Farm infrastructure, labor, and energy
- Markets and marketing
- Business management for the farm
- Managing the whole farm ecosystem
- Entrepreneurship and family business dynamics.
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Farming is a business, as well as a way of life. Whole Farm Management is a comprehensive guide developed by the Small Farms Program at Oregon State University to help aspiring and beginner farmers make smart business decisions to ensure lasting success. In clear, accessible language, this book covers every essential step, from developing a strategic plan to acquiring equipment, establishing infrastructure, finding markets, budgeting, managing day-to-day operations, and selecting a business structure for long-term viability. The emphasis throughout is on using sustainable agricultural systems and managing the whole farm, whether raising grass-based livestock, perennial food crops, or annual crops such as flowers. Case studies of successful farms, along with guidance and solutions to common problems from long-time farmers, round out this essential handbook.
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