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Outline eight roles of a farm manager

Outline eight roles of a farm manager

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john
Roles of a farm manager.
- Gathering information e.g. market, labour trends and weather conditions.

- Decisions implementation/implementing farm decisions.

- Short term planning e.g. when to till the land, when to plant, harvest etc.

- Long term planning e.g. starting of a new enterprise.

- Detecting weakness in farm operations.

- Making comparison between his level of production and the set standards.

- Bearing risks.

- To hire and fire farm labour when need be and reward the workers appropriately.

- To raise the financial and other resources through savings or borrowing.

- To organize and supervise other factors of production such as labour, land and capital.

- Purchase inputs required for the farm business.
john3 answered the question on December 15, 2017 at 05:32

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