Risk Management

Risk Management on ScienceDirect(Opens new window)
Paperback, 144 Pages
Published: DEC-1995
ISBN 10: 0-7506-8917-X
ISBN 13: 978-0-7506-8917-5
Imprint: BUTTERWORTH HEINEMANN


By
Mike Krause, Agricultural Risk Management Pty, Australia

Description
Any farming operation is also a business, and because of the nature of agricultural production, that business and its operators are susceptible to risk. Production can be affected by weather and drought, income can be affected by market prices and shifts, government can impinge and farmers can be injured; they all affect the farm business. Areas covered in this book include: * The farm business structure * Weather and drought * Long and short term market fluctuations * Assets and borrowing * Government intervention and exchange rates * Risks to farm operators * Information reliability. Finally the agricultural manager is assisted to analyse their own operation, to plan how best to meet the problems of the farm business. Mike Krause has over 14 years experience as a professional rural economist and has worked extensively with farmers and fruit growers, helping to identify techniques that will help improve farmer profits. Mike has recently joined an international company called Agricultural Risk Management Pty. Ltd (ARM). This company specialises in risk analysis and risk management providing the full spectrum of services in risk identification, risk measurement, and insurance based revenue protection risk management in agriculture.

Audience:
TAFE and university agricultural economics, small business courses, general trade to farmers in self-help category.


 
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