Farm managers the X factor in business

The value of good farm managers to optimise the return from significant capital locked up in farm land is not always recognised by many farm owners, but it is a value that has increasing impact upon a farm’s true potential return.

One area often underestimated by the sector is the level of productivity lost every time you have that turnover of staff, and particularly management staff.

There is an increasing need for talented management to run larger properties, bigger teams of staff and increasingly complex farming systems. The tangible value of competent, knowledgeable and loyal farm managers should not be underestimated in the quest to realise a farm’s true potential return. Keeping that talent on farm when the property is to be sold, could unlock optimal value.

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