Financial Management of Agribusiness Firms

This text examines the financial management function from a general management point of view. It is intended primarily for use by extension educators in their programs to improve financial management skills and capacities of owners, managers, and manager trainees of agricultural marketing and farm supply firms.The objective of this text is to provide a reasonably detailed outline of basic financial management principles on which extension educators may build programs suitable to the needs of their special clientele. Where possible, the examples employed to illustrate principles are drawn from "real world" experiences. In general, however, the text remains a step away from offering solutions to the financial management problems confronting specific commodity marketing and farm supply firms. It is assumed that extension educators, working in environmental situations with which they are familiar, can make the appropriate adaptations of principles to particular problem situations.Smith, Frank J., Jr. is the author of 'Financial Management of Agribusiness Firms' with ISBN 9780894990946 and ISBN 0894990942.