@article{Saxowsky:346520, recid = {346520}, author = {Saxowsky, David M. and Saxowsky, Jennifer M.}, title = {Thinking Globally - Farming Globally}, address = {1999}, series = {IFMA12}, pages = {12}, year = {1999}, note = {Twelfth International Farm Management Congress, Durban, South Africa, July 18-24, 1999}, abstract = {The agriculture industry continues to adopt business practices based on strategic alliances. Generally these alliances emphasize vertical coordination wherein producers enter into long-term agreements with suppliers, processors, and businesses in other sectors of the food and fiber industry. Alternatively, producers should explore initiating horizontal linkages; that is, strategic alliances among producers. Sharing ownershiv of seasonal equipment, multi-year land rotations among specialized farm operations and sharing ownership of several farm businesses are strategies that can offer production and marketing efficiencies, as well as risk management opportunities}, url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/346520}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.346520}, }