Economics of Farm Management

• Covers core microeconomic and microeconomic principles relevant to farm management, in an accessible way • Covers a broad range of management issues applied to a farm context: accounting, finance, marketing, operations management, quality management, human resources and more • Incorporates current farming issues, including organic crops, migrant labor, farmers’ markets and biofuels • Second edition has updated data (e.g. commodity prices) and academic literature • Second edition has more international examples, showing the diversity of types and sizes of farms across the US and globally – including Europe, Asia, Australia and Brazil • Second edition has more focus on sustainability and conservation • Instructor materials are available as digital supplements: PPT slides, test bank and instructor manual