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Comment 1 on ‘Farm management’ by Malcolm and Wright

Comment 1 on ‘Farm management’ by Malcolm and Wright The Australian Journal of Journal of the Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 60, pp. 531–532 Comment 1 on ‘Farm management’ by Malcolm and Wright Malcolm Wegener The Malcolm and Wright article reminds us that the University of New England was influential in the development of farm management economics in Australia. Staff and past students of that institution contributed substan- tially to early farm management practice and agricultural economics research. However, this comprehensive, reflective account of the contribution by AARES members to the evolution of farm management economics in Australia and New Zealand does not include some significant issues. The business environment in which Australian and New Zealand farmers operate has changed enormously over the past 60 years. When the Society held its first conference, there were many more farmers in Australia, farms were much smaller, and farming systems simpler. Wool production was the dominant industry, and wheat–sheep farming dominated southern Australian agriculture. Farm machinery and technology was basic in the era before conservation tillage, and government had much greater influence over farmers’ decisions. Farming was generally profitable following the Second World War when exports of farm products to the United Kingdom http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png The Australian Journal of Agricultural Resource Economics Wiley

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Publisher
Wiley
Copyright
Copyright © 2016 Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society Inc.
ISSN
1364-985X
eISSN
1467-8489
DOI
10.1111/1467-8489.12182
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Abstract

The Australian Journal of Journal of the Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 60, pp. 531–532 Comment 1 on ‘Farm management’ by Malcolm and Wright Malcolm Wegener The Malcolm and Wright article reminds us that the University of New England was influential in the development of farm management economics in Australia. Staff and past students of that institution contributed substan- tially to early farm management practice and agricultural economics research. However, this comprehensive, reflective account of the contribution by AARES members to the evolution of farm management economics in Australia and New Zealand does not include some significant issues. The business environment in which Australian and New Zealand farmers operate has changed enormously over the past 60 years. When the Society held its first conference, there were many more farmers in Australia, farms were much smaller, and farming systems simpler. Wool production was the dominant industry, and wheat–sheep farming dominated southern Australian agriculture. Farm machinery and technology was basic in the era before conservation tillage, and government had much greater influence over farmers’ decisions. Farming was generally profitable following the Second World War when exports of farm products to the United Kingdom

Journal

The Australian Journal of Agricultural Resource EconomicsWiley

Published: Oct 1, 2016

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