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| Alford, Andrew R.; Griffith, Garry R.; Cacho, Oscar J.. |
| The benefits of evaluating a new technology in a whole-farm context using a linear programming framework are well known. Linear programming allows the joint evaluation of concurrent farm activities, while considering the costs and returns of all enterprises and any resource adjustments imposed by adoption of the technology. This Report provides a rationale for and description of a whole-farm linear programming model that can be used for the economic evaluation of new technologies that are applicable to beef/sheep grazing farms typical of the Northern Tablelands of New South Wales. In this farming system, the whole-farm focus incorporates various aspects of the pasture base, resource constraints and sheep and cattle interactions. An overview of economic... |
| Tipo: Report |
Palavras-chave: Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies. |
| Ano: 2003 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/28010 |
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| Alford, Andrew R.; Griffith, Garry R.; Davies, Lloyd. |
| The Northern Tablelands region of New South Wales covers an area of approximately 3.12 million hectares including 2.11 million hectares occupied by some 2300 agricultural establishments producing agricultural commodities valued at more than $220 million. Sheep and wool production and cattle production are the dominant agricultural enterprises. In this Report, a whole-farm model of a representative livestock farming system in the Northern Tablelands is developed. Whole-farm economic models of the relevant farming system are a useful first step in understanding the nature of the biological and economic constraints facing producers in their decision making in relation to their choices of inputs and outputs. Such models are also useful in relation to more... |
| Tipo: Report |
Palavras-chave: Industrial Organization; Production Economics. |
| Ano: 2003 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/28005 |
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| Parnell, Peter F.; Clark, Richard A.; Timms, Janice; Griffith, Garry R.; Hyland, Paul W.; Mulholland, Cynthia; Alford, Andrew R.. |
| To assist in meeting the target outcomes for the Beef CRC, Sustainable Beef Profit Partnership (BPP) teams meet regularly to measure their current performance, set targets for future productivity increases, and use a profitability framework to assess the potential impact of improvements, innovations and new technologies in their beef businesses. Their decisions and actions are based on the Continuous Improvement and Innovation (CI&I) process. Capacity building and partnership outcomes are also assessed and the BPP teams are supported with appropriate tools and resources. In this final paper in this special edition, some recent developments in the design and management of the BPP project are discussed and the opportunities such a project presents to... |
| Tipo: Article |
Palavras-chave: Accelerated adoption; Continuous improvement and innovation; Beef industry; Profit; Productivity; Capacity; Partnership; Efficiency; Effectiveness; Farm Management. |
| Ano: 2008 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/122187 |
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| Parnell, Peter F.; Clark, Richard A.; Timms, Janice; Griffith, Garry R.; Hyland, Paul W.; Mulholland, Cynthia; Alford, Andrew R.. |
| In the Beef CRC, Sustainable Beef Profit Partnership (BPP) teams meet regularly to measure their current performance, set targets for future productivity increases, and use a profitability framework to assess the potential impact of improvements, innovations and new technologies in their beef businesses. Their decisions and actions are based on the Continuous Improvement and Innovation (CI&I) process. Capacity building and partnership outcomes are also assessed, and the BPP teams are supported with appropriate tools and resources. In this paper the achievements of the project to date are assessed against the project targets and issues in implementation of the project are discussed. |
| Tipo: Article |
Palavras-chave: Accelerated adoption; Continuous improvement and innovation; Beef industry; Profit; Productivity; Capacity; Partnership; Efficiency; Effectiveness; Farm Management. |
| Ano: 2008 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/122186 |
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| Griffith, Garry R.; Parnell, Peter F.; Clark, Richard A.; Timms, Janice; Hyland, Paul W.; Mulholland, Cynthia; Alford, Andrew R.. |
| Technology adoption in the Australian beef industry has been low and slow compared to that in the intensive livestock and cropping industries. Adoption needs to be higher and faster to fully capture the benefits from new beef genetic and other technologies. The principles of rapid improvement and innovation, and accelerated adoption, provide an innovative solution to this problem. In the Beef CRC, Sustainable Beef Profit Partnership (BPP) teams meet regularly to assess their current performance, set targets for future productivity increases, and use a profitability framework to assess the potential impact of new technology in their beef businesses. Their thinking, decisions and actions are based on the principles and process of Continuous Improvement and... |
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Palavras-chave: Accelerated adoption; Continuous improvement and innovation; Rapid improvement and innovation; Beef industry; Profit; Productivity; Capacity; Partnership; Efficiency; Effectiveness; Farm Management. |
| Ano: 2008 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/121987 |
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| Alford, Andrew R.; Cafe, Linda M.; Greenwood, Paul L.; Griffith, Garry R.. |
| Different patterns of nutrition during pregnancy and lactation can influence cow productivity and the performance of their offspring. An experiment was conducted on the North Coast of NSW whereby “low” and “high” pasture nutritional systems were imposed on a herd of Hereford cows during pregnancy, and then again from birth to weaning, with a crossover design also imposed to select offspring with extremes of growth to birth and/or weaning. Thus, four growth groups resulted – low-low, low-high, high-low, and high-high. Piedmontese and Wagyu bulls were used. After weaning, these offspring were grown out on the NSW Northern Tablelands and then finished to heavy market weights in a feedlot. The results of the experiment indicated that restricted early-life... |
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Palavras-chave: Beef; Early-life nutrition; Economic; Evaluation; Australia; Agribusiness; Farm Management; Livestock Production/Industries; Production Economics; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; Q12; Q16. |
| Ano: 2007 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/37667 |
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| Alford, Andrew R.; Clark, Richard A.; Griffith, Garry R.. |
| A critical component of the Continuous Improvement and Innovation (CI&I) process described in Paper 4 above is Performance Assessment - analysing and interpreting the results achieved, and not achieved, in relation to the focus and target outcomes. This is made easier if specific Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) are established during Action Design and monitored during Action Implementation. The target outcome for the Measurement, Monitoring and Evaluation (MME) Strategy is to design and implement effective and efficient MME mechanisms that will demonstrate improvements and innovations in individual beef businesses and supply chains and in the broader Australian beef industry. |
| Tipo: Article |
Palavras-chave: Measurement; Monitoring; Evaluation; KPIs; Farm Management. |
| Ano: 2008 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/122184 |
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| Alford, Andrew R.; Purcell, Dougal; Clark, Richard A.; Griffith, Garry R.. |
| The Reporting and Support Framework is an integral component of the Measuring, Monitoring and Evaluation (MME) strategy. This framework is designed to capture changes in practices, processes and outcomes in the CI&I partnerships and in beef businesses, partnerships, value chains and the broader Australian beef industry so as to provide support within the CI&I partnerships and to meet project and CRC reporting requirements. Because of the multiple users of the information, and the multiple environments in which it is expected to be used, the BPP reporting and support framework has been a difficult framework to develop. There have been several versions that have been adapted and improved over time, but we hope that it is now sufficiently flexible to... |
| Tipo: Article |
Palavras-chave: Measuring; Monitoring; Evaluation; Reporting; Support; KPIs; Farm Management. |
| Ano: 2008 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/122185 |
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