Understanding the Farming Business

Dr Allan Mayfield, GRDC Southern Region Panel Member Is it the job of an agronomist to help a farmer maximise his yield, or maximise his profit? If maximising profit is important then agronomists should have the ability to analyse, at least at a basic level, the performance of a farm business. GRDC has piloted a new farm business workshop to give agronomists the skills to talk to farmers about what they want their farm business to achieve and create a...