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D-farm-operations Dictionary

Farm Operations

How the farm runs day to day: who does what, when, with which equipment and inputs, and how it is recorded

All termsIntroduced in Module 3Open the Toolkit
An open dictionary on a farm office desk
Plain meaning
How the farm runs day to day: who does what, when, with which equipment and inputs, and how it is recorded
How to use it
Give every daily, weekly, seasonal and yearly task a person, a date and a record.
South African benchmark
Large South African farms run as departments: production, workshop, stores, irrigation, administration and compliance.
Country notes
Most farms in the local markets are run by the owner with a small team; a foreman is the first management hire as the farm grows.
Go and read
C3 Lesson 3.7
Calculate it
T-C-08 People and Labour Cost sets out the team that runs the operation.
Library sources
LIB-A035
See also
Farm strategy, Employment contract
Bar diagram of break-even yield, yield achieved and yield achievable, showing the yield gapThe yield gap on one hectareBreak-even yieldcovers all costsYield achievedwhat the farm gets nowYield achievablebest practice on this landBreak-even lineYield gap= money leftin the field
From Module 3, Productivity Economics, where this term is introduced.

Introduced in C3 Productivity Economics.