Preface

PART I MANAGEMENT

Chapter 1

Farm Management in the Twenty-First Century

Chapter 2

Management and Decision Making

PART II MEASURING MANAGEMENT PERFORMANCE

Chapter 3

Acquiring and Organizing Management Information

Chapter 4

The Balance Sheet and Its Analysis

Chapter 5

The Income Statement and Its Analysis

Chapter 6

Farm Business Analysis

PART III APPLYING ECONOMIC PRINCIPLES

Chapter 7

Economic Principles—Choosing Production Levels

Chapter 8

Economic Principles—Choosing Input and Output Combinations

Chapter 9

Cost Concepts in Economics

PART IV BUDGETING FOR GREATER PROFIT

Chapter 10

Enterprise Budgeting

Chapter 11

Whole-Farm Planning

Chapter 12

Partial Budgeting

Chapter 13

Cash Flow Budgeting

PART V IMPROVING MANAGEMENT SKILLS

Chapter 14

Farm Business Organization and Transfer

Chapter 15

Managing Risk and Uncertainty

Chapter 16

Managing Income Taxes

Chapter 17

Investment Analysis

Chapter 18

Enterprise Analysis

PART VI ACQUIRING RESOURCES FOR MANAGEMENT

Chapter 19

Capital and Credit

Chapter 20

Land—Control and Use

Chapter 21

Human Resource Management

Chapter 22

Machinery Management

Appendix

Glossary

Index