Farm Management

Course Code	BAG104
Fee Code	S3
Number of Assignments	8
Duration (approx)	100 hours

COURSE STRUCTURE
There are 8 lessons as follows:

Strategic Planning
Business Plans
Business Assessment
Viability Analysis
Management Strategies
Human Resources
Physical Resources
Natural Resources

Each lesson culminates in an assignment which is submitted to the school, marked by the school's tutors and returned to you with any relevant suggestions, comments, and if necessary, extra reading.

AIMS

Develop strategic planning methods for an agricultural business.
Learn how to prepare a Farm Business Plan.
Develop methods for assessing the operations of a Farm Business.
Analyse the viability of different production enterprises:
- assessing profits
- risk analysis
- cost efficiency
- quality standards
- financial records
Develop strategies for managing different farm production enterprises, covering workplace organisation and crop scheduling.
Plan the management of human resources in a farm business covering:
- supervision
- types of leadership/managers
- orders & instruction
- motivating employees
- recruitment
Develop methods for managing the physical resources of a farm business including managing equipment, machinery and buildings.
Develop methods for managing the natural resources of a farm business, covering topics:
- regulations & legislation
- landcare programs
- erosion control
- soil degradation
- salinity
- soil acidification
- chemical residues
- compaction

Improve your capacity to more effectively manage a farm or agricultural enterprise which services farms.

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