Learn how to Farm Profitably

Today's world is changing fast, and will continue to change. Anyone in any business (agriculture or otherwise), needs to embrace this change as opportunity. Success is often a matter of which of these choices you make.

Profitable Farming features a comprehensive survey of new enterprise possibilities, but more importantly, it explains why change might be warranted and hot change with the minimum of risk.

ISBN- 978-0-9871022-1-8

Pages- 75

Images- 14

CONTENTS

Chapter 1 : introduction
Creative ideas for profitable farming; What has changed; How to adapt/secrets of success

Chapter 2 : solutions to beat the economic squeeze
Spending less; Self sufficiency; Making decisions; The basic essentials; Basic non-essentials; Preserving & processing your food; Vegetables you can freeze; Harvesting & preserving; Drying; Energy use & conservation; Energy conservation techniques; Renewable energy sources compared; Some more on wind power; Using firewood

Chapter 3 : making the farm pay 
Conservation and management of resources for long term sustainability; Native vegetation and farms; Important reasons for using trees; Landcare programs; Sharing equipment; Rehabilitation; Hostile environments; Water management

Chapter 4 : alternative enterprises
New enterprises; Overcoming limitations; Some ideas for new enterprises; Some selected enterprises to consider in greater detail; Viticulture; What to plant; Setting up; Sesame seed; Mung beans; Plant fibre crops; Nuts; Cut flowers and foliage; Organic farming; Agroforestry; Hydroponics; Herbs; Essential oils; Methods of extracting essential oils; Farming medicinal herbs; Cultivation of herbs; Broad acre cultivation; Traditional plant row spacings; Expected yields of selected herbs; Postharvest handling of herbs; Deer; Ostriches; Emus; Alpacas and llamas; Goats; Aquaculture; Horse industry applications; Value adding; Farm tourism; Services you could or should offer

Chapter 5 : towards better planning
A way of thinking; Economic principles; Scale of economies; Change or die; A planning procedure; Decisions; Plan drawing of the farm; Risk; Quality systems; Contingency planning; Liquidity; Financial records; Controlling growth

This eBook is suitable for you if you want to learn more about -

• specialized crops and livestock;

• farm tourism;

• reducing costs through self-sufficiency and energy conservation;

• long-term planning and management of resources

• value adding to produce

• dealing with degraded land

• working with climate change

  Farm in a more effective, sustainable and profitable way!