Applied Risk Management in Agriculture

Table of Contents

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1. Introduction

2. Managing Risks and Risky Decisions

3. Case Study Farm: EWS Farms

4. The Strategic Risk Management Process (SRMProcess)



Part I: Strategic Risk Planning

5. Financial Health Check Up: Step 1

6. Finding Your Ability and Preference to Tolerate Risk: Step 2

7. Setting Farm and Ranch Goals: Step 3



Part II: Tactical Risk Planning

8. Describing and Prioritizing Your Risks: Step 4

9. Tools and Strategies to Manage Risk: Step 5

10. Determining the Likelihood of Agricultural Outcomes: Step 6

11. Choosing “Best” Risk Management Alternatives: Step7



Part III: Operational Risk: Steps 8, 9 and 10

12. Operational Risk



Part IV: Using SRMP on Farms and Ranches: Discussions, Lessons

and Examples.

13. Marketing tactical planning

14. Production tactical planning

15. Finance tactical planning

16. Human and Institutional Risk



Part V: Where Do I Go From Here?

17. RightRisk: EWS Farms

18. Build Customized Risk Manangement Plans



Appendix

19. Glossary

Index