Integrated Resource Management

Opportunities for the Veterinary Practitioner

Authors

  • Kurt Wohlgemuth ND State University, Fargo, ND58105

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro19896894

Keywords:

Integrated Resource Management, IRM, Technical experts, Financial experts, Extension personnel, Rancher, Research data, Economic consideration

Abstract

Integrated Resource Management (IRM) has been defined as "a management system which integrates people and technology to manage resources in order to obtain a projected level of profits in a given livestock enterprise (or business)." (1)
Basic elements of IRM are:
a. People: Rancher, Manager
Technical experts (veterinarian, nutritionist, engineer, etc ... )
Financial experts
Extension personnel
b. Technology base: Research data
c. Economic consideration: Profit vs loss

Author Biography

Kurt Wohlgemuth, ND State University, Fargo, ND58105

Extension Veterinarian

Cover image of the 22nd Conference Proceedings: it is the golden hour of the evening and a herd of cattle stand in an orange-tinted field, gazing lazily at the photographer.

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Published

1989-11-14

Issue

1989

Section

Cow-Calf Session III