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Using business analysis to inform management decisions in beef businesses
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Author
Broad, K.
Emery, T.
Sneath, R.
McLean, I.
Bray, S.
Publisher
Australian Rangeland Society
Publication Year
2015
Body

Beef producers in northern Australia are struggling to cope with climate extremes and have
experienced poor and declining profitability over the last decade. Producers on their own have
difficulty assessing whether their business performance is ‘just the state of the industry’ or whether
there are opportunities to significantly improve performance and join businesses who are coping
much better. The Climate Clever Beef project in the Maranoa-Balonne region used a producer group
to facilitate peer learning and assist with improved knowledge transfer . . . . .

Language
English
Resource Type
Text
Document Type
Conference Paper
Additional Information
It is recommended that papers in the conference proceedings be cited in the following manner:
Bastin, G, Sparrow, A, Scarth, P., Gill, T. Barneston, J. and Staben G. (2015). Are we there yet? Tracking state and change in Australia's rangelands. In Proceedings of the 18th Biennial Conference of the Australian Rangeland Society, Alice Springs (Ed M.H. Friedel) [Australian Rangeland Society: Perth]
Conference Name
18th Biennial Conference, Australian Rangeland Society, Alice Springs, Northern Territory, 12-16 April 2015
Keywords
Australia
benchmarking
business analysis
climate change
profitability