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| Hamilton, Amanda; Wegener, Malcolm K.; Dart, Peter; Silvey, Bill. |
| Australian dairyfarmers are efficient by world standards and average farm production has expanded significantly in recent years. This has been achieved through increased use of land for grazing, better pasture and nutritional management, increased use of machinery, agricultural chemicals, and irrigation. Milk yields per cow have increased substantially. With the expansion of milk production, there has been increasing pressure on the environment surrounding dairyfarms. In addition, farms are often located in areas with aesthetic environments that are frequently visited by non-farming members of the community and farms may be located in catchments that feed water into storage areas for potable water supplies for urban areas. Dairy farms therefore rate highly... |
| Tipo: Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Livestock Production/Industries; Production Economics. |
| Ano: 2000 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/123658 |
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| Wegener, Malcolm K.; Tullberg, J.N.; Pearson, L.E.. |
| Dryland grain farmers in some 30 counties in Shanxi Province, Peoples Republic of China, are now practising some form of conservation tillage farming following a successful research and technology transfer project. While this represents only 5 percent of graingrowing land in the province, it marks the start of a trend that will lead to major changes in farming in China if the apparently attractive economics of conservation farming are confirmed. As well as the trend to conservation tillage farming in Chinese agriculture, there are other fundamental changes occurring. With the introduction of mechanisation, there are incentives to increase farm size and the structural changes that could flow from this could see farm workers displaced. The cost savings from... |
| Tipo: Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries. |
| Ano: 2000 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/123738 |
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| Nguyen, Nam C.; Wegener, Malcolm K.; Russell, Iean W.. |
| This paper reports and discusses the results of a survey conducted among experts working in the field of decision support systems (DSS) in Australian agriculture. It also reviews the literature on DSS in the light of these experts’ responses. The findings from this survey have consolidated our understanding of the current state of DSS in Australian agriculture. The uptake of DSS by farmers has been slow and various issues said to be contributing to this include fear of using computers, time constraints, poor marketing, complexity, lack of local relevance, lack of end-user involvement, and mismatched objectives between developers and users. The future prospects for the development of DSS were generally regarded as poor. Nevertheless, the authors believe... |
| Tipo: Article |
Palavras-chave: DSS; Farmers’ decision-making; Management decisions; Farm Management. |
| Ano: 2007 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/122229 |
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| Issar, G.; Cowan, R.T.; Wegener, Malcolm K.. |
| Deregulation of the Australian dairy industry, and ensuing supermarket strategies are transforming the fresh milk supply chains. Factors such as increasing consumer awareness, concerns about food safety and environment, innovation, supply chain integration and rationalisation of supply base are adding momentum to this transformation. Milk processors in response to changing market expectations are getting proactive in their relationship with retailers across all aspects of business, innovating to generate sufficient returns from proprietary brands and strategically orienting themselves to develop a mixed customer portfolio and appropriate management structures to service that portfolio. Milk producers are expanding businesses to achieve production and cost... |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Livestock Production/Industries. |
| Ano: 2003 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24387 |
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| Wegener, Malcolm K.; Vinning, Grant S.. |
| Agricultural Economics training is well developed at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels at the University of Queensland. The undergraduate subjects in this discipline are formally listed in the schedules for both the B.Agr.Sc. and the B.Econ. degrees. However, students enrolled for many other degrees (e.g. B.A., B.Com., B.E., B.Sc.) also take agricultural economics subjects as electives. Postgraduate students may enrol for a one year Diploma or two year Masters of Agricultural Studies. These awards are mainly coursework with a short dissertation. The research Masters and Ph.D. degrees have also attracted a significant number of successful candidates. |
| Tipo: Journal Article |
Palavras-chave: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession. |
| Ano: 1988 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/12570 |
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| Brennan, Lisa E.; Wegener, Malcolm K.. |
| Australian sugar-producing regions have differed in terms of the extent and rate of incorporation of new technology into harvesting systems. The Mackay sugar industry has lagged behind most other sugar-producing regions in this regard. The reasons for this are addressed by invoking an evolutionary economics perspective. The development of harvesting systems, and the role of technology in shaping them, is mapped and interpreted using the concept of path dependency. Key events in the evolution of harvesting systems are identified, which show how the past has shaped the regional development of harvesting systems. From an evolutionary economics perspective, the outcomes observed are the end result of a specific history. |
| Tipo: Journal Article |
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries. |
| Ano: 2003 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/116993 |
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| Nguyen, Nam C.; Wegener, Malcolm K.; Russell, Iean W.. |
| This paper reports and discusses the results of a survey conducted with experts working in the field of decision support systems (DSS) in Australian agriculture. It also reviews the literature on DSS in the light of these experts' responses. The findings from this survey have consolidated our understanding of the current state of DSS in Australian agriculture. The uptake of DSS by farmers has been slow and various issues said to be contributing to this include fear of using computers, time constraints, poor marketing, complexity, lack of local relevance, lack of end-user involvement, and mismatched objectives between developers and users. The future prospect for the development of DSS was generally regarded to be poor. Never-the-less, the authors believe... |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: DSS; Farmers' decision-making; Expert opinion; Management decisions; Farm Management; D7; D8; Q12; Q13; Q16. |
| Ano: 2006 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25581 |
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| Coverdale, Chris; Hardner, Craig; Wegener, Malcolm K.. |
| The identification of economically sensitive traits is a critical step in the breeding process as it defines the direction of the breeding program. Quantifying how each trait affects the profitability of the production system further increases the efficiency of a breeding program. Production activities are ultimately aimed at maximising the level of consumer satisfaction with the product concerned which is, in turn, relfected by the profitability of the growing and processing stages of the production process. In that regard, breeding objectives need to be consistent with maximising the profitability of the farm production sector by producing genotypes with improved performance. By assigning economic weights to different traits, genotypes with differing... |
| Tipo: Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries. |
| Ano: 1999 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/123796 |
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| Brennan, Lisa E.; Muchow, Russell C.; Wegener, Malcolm K.; Higgins, Andrew J.. |
| The term “value chain” describes the collection of activities that are performed to design, produce, market, deliver and support a product. The Australian sugar industry value chain has a number of distinct stages involved in the transformation of the cane crop into raw and refined sugar and other manufactured products. These stages include production, processing and distribution functions. Despite its linear direction, a critically important feature of the sugar industry value chain is that it is not a collection of independent activities but a system of interdependent activities. In the Australian sugar industry, there remains a significant degree of segregation in the organisation of growing, milling, and marketing activities, despite the fact that... |
| Tipo: Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries; Demand and Price Analysis. |
| Ano: 1999 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/123788 |
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| Nguyen, Nam C.; Wegener, Malcolm K.; Russell, Iean W.; Cameron, Donald; Coventry, David; Cooper, Ian M.. |
| Australian farmers operate in one of the most risky farming environments in the world. They have to cope with numerous sources of risk including weather uncertainty, variable market prices, and institutional changes in their business management. This paper reports results from two case studies undertaken to examine the issues of farming risks and risk management strategies in Australia. The first case study found that unpredictable weather, financial risk, marketing risk, and personal risk were regarded as the major sources of risk among farmers in the Upper Eyre Peninsula of South Australia. The main risk management strategies used by farmers in that region included diversifying crop varieties, adopting minimum tillage farming practices, minimising the... |
| Tipo: Article |
Palavras-chave: Farming risks; Sources of risk; Management strategies; Dryland farmers; Australia; Farm Management. |
| Ano: 2007 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/122230 |
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| Nguyen, Nam C.; Wegener, Malcolm K.; Russell, Iean W.; Cameron, Donald; Coventry, David; Cooper, Ian M.. |
| Australian farmers operate in one of the most risky environment in the world. They have to cope with various sources of risk in their businesses. This paper reports results of two case studies undertaken to examine the issues of farming risks and risk management strategies in Australia. The first case study found that climate variability, financial risk, marketing risk, and personal risk were regarded as the major sources of farming risk in the Upper Eyre Peninsula of South Australia. The main management strategies used by farmers included diversifying varieties, minimising tillage, minimising area of risky crops and maximising area of the least-risky crop, having high equity, having farm management deposits and other off-farm investments, and "leaving... |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Risk; Risk management; Strategies; Farmers; Australia; Farm Management; Risk and Uncertainty. |
| Ano: 2005 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24295 |
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