A Management Crisis in Agriculture
The so called ‘debt crisis’ in agriculture is more of a ‘management crisis’ than an economic crisis. Put simply, farmers who spend time on fine-tuning their crops and their business are doing well and others are not. Management tools and skills are important, but so are attitudes and focus. A lot of farmers believe they are doing a good job because they are told that it is not possible to make good money from farming. Rather than blaming the high Australian dollar and farm subsidies in other countries, the good farm managers move on and make the most of what they have to work with.