Preface <br>Ch. 1 Management, Economics, and Decision Making: An Introduction 3 <br>Ch. 2 Physical Production Relationships 26 <br>Ch. 3 Cost Relationships in Production 52 <br>Ch. 4 Management Decisions: How Much to Produce? 72 <br>Ch. 5 Management Decisions: How to Produce? 100 <br>Ch. 6 Management Decisions: What to Produce? 135 <br>Ch. 7 Utility Maximization and Consumer Demand Theory 169 <br>Ch. 8 Supply and Demand (As Decision-Making Tools) 204 <br>Ch. 9 Market Price Determination 235 <br>Ch. 10 Competitive Decision Making 259 <br>Ch. 11 Noncompetitive Decision Making 274 <br>Ch. 12 Time, Risk, and Uncertainy in Management Decisions 296 <br>Ch. 13 Marketing Activities and Management Decisions 329 <br>Ch. 14 Government in Agriculture: Impacts on Decisions 348 <br>Ch. 15 Macroeconomic Policy Linkages to Agriculture and Agribusiness 368 <br>Ch. 16 International Trade and Agriculture 381 <br>Ch. 17 Environmental Policy: Impacts on Decisions 396 <br>Glossary 411 <br>Index 425 <br>