Farming Monthly National January 2015 | Page 32

| LAMMA Long term thinking not short term gains There is considerable pressure on the agricultural industry to grow more using less and for farms to be more productive whilst maintaining profitable margins. here has been too much short term thinking in the industry,” says Ian Matts, Company Agronomist at Yara. “Management focus needs to be on long term optimization of the system as a whole rather than on short term maximisation. Strategies and tools T that carefully co