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| Gyles, Oliver; Mahoney, Cynthia C.; Brown, Stuart; Gibb, Ian. |
| Consultation with industry identified a range of knowledge and information management tools required for building decision support systems (DSSs) that can help guide sustainable development of irrigated dairy production in the Murray Region. Individual production systems vary in complexity and input intensity and are coupled with the unique business and lifestyle goals of farm families. While single issue focussed decision support tools are limited to promoting understanding of single factor responses, the relevant opportunity costs for resources must be considered. Thus a whole farm perspective for DSSs is required to assist farm business managers optimise the profitability of production and development given the range of technical options, market... |
| Tipo: Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Livestock Production/Industries. |
| Ano: 2000 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/123656 |
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| Armstrong, Dan P.; Ho, Christie K.M.; Doyle, Peter T.; Malcolm, Bill; Gibb, I.; Brown, Stuart. |
| The dairy industry in northern Victoria faced dramatic changes between 2001/02 and 2002/03. Drought resulted in a substantial decrease in availability, and subsequent increase in price, of irrigation water and supplementary feed. Most farms recorded substantial net cash flow deficits. Prior to 2002/03, a project had been established using case studies and a spreadsheet model to examine potential futures for different farm types. This approach was successfully adapted to examine drought impacts and recovery options under the vastly different prevailing circumstances. Several factors appear to have contributed to the adaptability of the approach, as follows: • The approach considered many aspects of farm management systems, but was simple enough to allow... |
| Tipo: Article |
Palavras-chave: Dairy farming systems; Drought; Farm management economics; Farm Management. |
| Ano: 2005 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/123136 |
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