Are you farming for the short or the long term?

Maintaining the long-term productivity of the soil means adding management activities 
that may have little, if any, short-term economic advantage


by KEITH REID

Managing a farm, like any business, is always a balance between generating enough cash to pay the bills in the short term, and investing in building the long-term value of your business. Problems arise when this balance gets skewed one way or the other.

Better Farming - December 2010