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| Brown, William J.. |
| This paper presents a case study of an organic vegetable farm, designed for a senior undergraduate farm business management or agribusiness course, and is accompanied by a teaching note which includes suggested analysis. Phil Foster is the owner and manager of Phil Foster Ranches, a 252-acre organic vegetable, fruit, and nut farm in the Central Coast Valley of California. Until the last few years, most of the sales were to a number of produce brokers who sold the produce for Phil in the wholesale market on a commission basis. Believing he could get better prices by selling direct to retailers, two years ago Phil started a local delivery route to small grocery stores wishing to sell organic produce. The delivery route has enjoyed success, but now requires... |
| Tipo: Journal Article |
Palavras-chave: Case study; Farm financial management; Marketing; Organic; Crop Production/Industries. |
| Ano: 2002 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/14719 |
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| Brown, William J.. |
| The University of Saskatchewan (U of S) offers 2 courses in agribusiness planning where students form groups of 3 or 4 and prepare a complete business plan for an actual or planned agribusiness. Individuals or groups wishing to have a agribusiness plan completed can apply to the U of S and a student group will be assigned to their project. The components of a business plan includes the following sections; the executive summary, the introduction to the business being planned, the industry overview, the operations plan, the human resources plan, the marketing plan, and the financial plan which includes 10 years of financial projections. The paper also includes brief descriptions of a number of business plans completed by the students in the last number of... |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Planning; Teaching; Cases; Agribusiness; Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession. |
| Ano: 2005 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24275 |
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| Brown, William J.; Allen, Tom J.. |
| The major issues in agribusiness have to deal with the industrialization of primary agricultural production and the high degree of market concentration in all of the industry's other sectors. Even primary agricultural production is shifting rapidly form “farming to system”. The importance of information, globalization, environmental concerns, the life science revolution and changes in the role of government are all additional issues resulting from industrialization. In addition, recently there have been huge fluctuations in commodity prices and a shift in the stocks to use ratios of major agricultural commodities. Primary agricultural production has become significantly more capital intensive resulting in more rural unemployment. Finally, all sectors of... |
| Tipo: Journal Article |
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Concentration; Globalization; Financial risk.; Agribusiness. |
| Ano: 2011 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/113947 |
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| Brown, William J.. |
| The paper uses case studies of three different agribusinesses to demonstrate the principles of supply chain management and how it is applied. Primary producers must learn to understand and take advantages of the opportunities available to them in the new systems of supply change management. The agribusiness cases demonstrate a practical application of supply chain management that can affect and be applied to farm businesses throughout the world. |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Farm Management. |
| Ano: 2002 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/7021 |
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| Johnson, Thomas G.; Brown, William J.; O'Grady, Kevin. |
| This paper presents a model of the farm management process. The model suggests that certain socioeconomic characteristics of farm managers will influence their decision-making process. Several characteristics are hypothesized an tested using multivariate techniques (multivariate analysis of variance, range tests, and multiple comparisons). The analysis indicates that the soil zone, value of machinery inventory, operator's age, and operator's education influence the importance placed on each of 20 factors. On the basis of the analysis it was concluded that such a model of the farm management process can contribute to an understanding of farm management decisions. In addition, it was concluded that farm managers, farm machinery dealers, and extension... |
| Tipo: Journal Article |
Palavras-chave: Farm Management. |
| Ano: 1985 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/32321 |
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