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| Banks, Rob. |
| This paper contains my personal reflections as scientific editor of the livestock systems and technology section of the Australian Farm Business and Farming Systems Management Journal, i.e. AFBM Journal. It is the aim of this paper to highlight critical issues in defining the framework of opportunities for authors in the broad area of livestock systems and technology. The message within the description of current economic, marketing and technological conditions for farming is that only a limited proportion (about 20%) of the farming community has taken the opportunities that are available to achieve levels of profitability and efficiency sufficient to break the city: bush gap. However, when most farmers are working below profitability benchmarks, their... |
| Tipo: Article |
Palavras-chave: Rural decline; Farm profitability; Livestock systems; Farm business management; Farm Management. |
| Ano: 2004 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/120922 |
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| Frost, Mark; Parton, Kevin A.. |
| The Australian dollar is considered primarily a commodity-based currency. The high level of commodity-based exports in Australia’s trade balance is given as an explanation. Accordingly changes in world commodity prices should bring commensurate changes in the value of the Australian dollar, such that changes in world commodity prices are only partially transmitted to the Australian economy and local farm-gate prices. If this relationship holds, then local farm-gate prices should be significantly less volatile than their respective world price. Variances in local prices would be due to local factors (e.g. variances in local production) rather than variances in the world price and international factors. This paper examines the farm-gate prices of Australia’s... |
| Tipo: Article |
Palavras-chave: Farm economics; Farm business management; Agricultural risk management; Commodity prices; Farm Management. |
| Ano: 2005 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/123139 |
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| Malcolm, Bill. |
| This paper deals with the economic analysis and management implications of extending lactations in specialised dairy cows. The main conclusion from this study is that in the two dairy farm cases that have been investigated in depth, the use of extended lactations to achieve efficient herd reproduction is highly likely to give greater profit than alternative systems that could be implemented. This conclusion holds even after allowing for less than total persistency of cows embarking on extended lactations. The overall outcome of a change from having only 10-month lactations to having some cows in the herd milking for extended lactations is determined by the complex interactions of all of the major input, output, cost and income factors at work in a dairy... |
| Tipo: Article |
Palavras-chave: Extended lactation; Dairy systems; Benefit cost analysis; Farm economics; Farm business management; Farm Management. |
| Ano: 2005 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/123164 |
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| Shadbolt, Nicola M.; Kelly, Terry; Holmes, Colin. |
| Organic milk production in the European Union (EU) costs more than conventional production and therefore requires a price premium (15-25%) and an increase in direct payments to ensure the same level of profitability. In European comparisons, milk yields per cow are lower (9-30%) and stocking rates are also 20-40% lower due to lower yields in forage production. The International Farm Comparison Network (IFCN 2003), comparison between organic and non-organic farms in the EU calculated 22-37% higher costs of production. Similarly the cost increase measured in California ranged from 13-23% for organic versus conventional milk production. However comparisons between low producing and low cost systems as described by MafPolicy (2002), and for the Argentinean... |
| Tipo: Article |
Palavras-chave: Production costs; Organic dairy farming; Farm business management; Farm Management. |
| Ano: 2005 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/123166 |
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