Archive Article: 2001/08/24

24 August 2001

Comparing yourself with top arable units

How does your arable business compare with the top 25%? Thats the question the government-funded Agriknowledge project urges growers to consider, as a first step to improving farm management.

Its a sensible approach. Unless you know where you stand now, how can you decide what to do next?

Less clear is whether the HGCAs decision to spend £40,000 on an interactive computer CD to support the project is worthwhile.

The free CD provides a wealth of valuable information, in a novel format. But will 20,000 growers sit down at their computers to benefit from it? In the interests of efficient spending of levy funds, we hope so.