From The Editor
The latest report to the Oxford Farming Conference says
that while Britain is home to some world-class farmers, the
industry as a whole is lagging behind other countries.
»»The report, which makes
comparisons with other
countries worldwide, suggests
that growers should spend a
large proportion of their time
controlling expenditure on
machinery, labour and land
occupation and producers
should make better use of
management tools including
benchmarking, costings books,
and discussion groups which
could all help improve the
understanding of farm costs.
Fair comment: but I think
most UK farmers would
recognize that, while they
clearly share much in common
with their counterparts in other
parts of the world, in Britain
there are many factors that set
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