farm management
Running a farm
Farm management is the business side of running a farm—decisions about what to grow or raise, when to plant or harvest, how to allocate labor, and whether investments make financial sense.
The term covers budgeting, record-keeping, and strategic planning: She studied farm management before taking over the family operation.
It treats agriculture as an enterprise requiring the same skills as any other business.
- water conservationMinimizing freshwater waste strategically
- irrigationArtificial water supply for agriculture
- soil healthGround's biological vitality
- veterinary careMedical treatment for animals
- crop rotationAlternating field plantings yearly
growing season · pest control · crop yields · cost analysis · subsidy programs · profit margins · market prices · record keeping · barn cats · agroforestry · breeding programs · succession planning · equipment maintenance · early mornings · crop insurance · animal husbandry · agronomy · tractor
- agriculturefarms, crops, farmers, farming, crop yields
- agribusinessagribusiness, farms, corporate farms, factory farming, factory farms
- farm economicscrop prices, crop insurance, crop yields, crop failure, harvest yield
- farm guidesorganic farming, sustainable farming, sustainable agriculture, permaculture, gardening books
- farm servicesharvesting, planting, plowing, tilling, fertilizing
- Roman farmingviticulture, grain farming, plowing, tillage, sowing
farm managementurban planning
Municipal development coordination
corporate management · retail management · hotel management · office administration · city administration
farm managementfarm labor
Agricultural work or workers
field work · agricultural labor · manual labor · plowing · harvesting
farm managementrewilding
Restoring natural ecosystems
wilderness preservation · fallow land · conservation · subsistence farming · urban development