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The Profitable Farm is a pragmatic guide for farmers and other interested parties, focusing on maximum sustainable output (MSO) concepts, practices, and applications. This book is suitable for farmers with an open mind to business improvement, academics who need to revisit the 'Standard Theory of The Firm' as it applies to farming, and policy-makers responsible for securing food supplies and providing support programmes for the sector.

The Profitable Farm provides both the technical background and the practical implications of MSO practices. It particularly addresses the inescapable realities of energy issues on profitability and environmental damage. Case studies are used throughout to emphasise key points, and the appendices will satisfy those wishing to delve further into the technical concepts behind MSO.

Unlike most publications on farming, which tend to focus on farming practices, sectoral economics (at a national planning level), or environmental impact issues, The Profitable Farm is essentially about farming as a business with significant responsibilities to the natural environment and uncompromised animal welfare.