Farming matters: Phil Christopher - 'Ask yourself why you are a farmer and what you enjoy about it'

A useful discipline to maximise the probability of your farm business surviving the next 10 years is to make some safe, though unpalatable, assumptions, then plan accordingly.

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Farming matters: Phil Christopher - 'Ask yourself why you are a farmer and what you enjoy about it'

A useful discipline to maximise the probability of your farm business surviving the next 10 years is to make some safe, though unpalatable, assumptions, then plan accordingly. Unless you are self-retailing...

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