No secret formula to farm success, but sticking to a good plan helps

Andrew Marshall
Updated March 10 2017 - 5:51pm, first published 4:30pm
ABARES economist Tom Jackson said wheat farms in the bottom profitability quartile spent more on variable inputs last season (almost $300 a hectare) they made a big effort to build soil nutrition and catch up on weed management.
ABARES economist Tom Jackson said wheat farms in the bottom profitability quartile spent more on variable inputs last season (almost $300 a hectare) they made a big effort to build soil nutrition and catch up on weed management.

Successful farmers are not better educated or luckier than their neighbours, but their performance is apparently helped by an appreciation of new technology and a robust use of farm inputs.

Andrew Marshall

Andrew Marshall

National agribusiness writer

Andrew Marshall is the group agribusiness writer for ACM's state agricultural weeklies and websites. He is a former editor at The Land and has worked in various Rural Press group roles in Canberra, North Richmond (NSW) and Toowoomba (Qld).

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