Profitable Organic Farming, 2nd EditionISBN: 978-0-632-05959-1
Paperback
196 pages
November 2004, Wiley-Blackwell
This is a Print-on-Demand title. It will be printed specifically to fill your order. Please allow an additional 10-15 days delivery time. The book is not returnable.
|
Topics covered in this second edition of Profitable Organic
Farming include grassland productivity, production systems for
dairy, beef, sheep, pig, poultry and arable farms, farm size and
enterprise combinations, organic standards, financial management,
marketing, success factors and progress by organic farmers. The
book concludes with a new chapter covering potential future
scenarios for organic farming.
Drawing on new information available in the area and including
case studies from successful organic farm businesses, the author
Jon Newton has written a book that is of great commercial use to a
wide range of workers including organic farm managers and those
wishing to commence organic farming operations. The book is also of
great use and interest to agricultural scientists and students and
those working in government and regional agricultural advisory
services worldwide. Libraries in research establishments,
universities and colleges where agricultural sciences are studied
and taught should have several copies of this important and useful
book on their shelves.
Review of the first edition
‘It is an essential volume for any commercial organic
farmers or budding organic farmers bookshelf. It will no doubt also
be a very popular read and provide much food for thought amongst
many agricultural students’: New Farmer &
Grower.
Jon Newton is an agricultural consultant specialising in organic and sustainable agriculture based in North Wales, UK.