The management practices used by two brothers on their high performing summer-dry semi-finishing sheep and cattle farm were investigated over 2 1/2 years (2006- 2008). The study highlighted that in a dryland environment, the farmers designed their system to cope with both climatic variability and market risk. Keywords: management strategies, production risk, market risk, decision making, drought
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Gray, D. I., Kemp, P. D., Kenyon, P. R., Morris, S. T., Brookes, I. M., Matthew, C., & Osborne, M. (2008). Strategies used to manage climatic risk: Lessons from farmers with expertise in dryland farming. Proceedings of the New Zealand Grassland Association, 59–68. https://doi.org/10.33584/jnzg.2008.70.2725
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