QA is not just about food safety, it is a critical part of risk management. The role of the business owner.

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Controlling what you can

Again this season many businesses will have addressed that annual task of getting a ‘tick’ from the quality assurance (QA) auditor.

Accompanying this article is an Excel spreadsheet which presents a simple model for a three hectare planting over 20 years; save the model to your computer desktop.

One critical set of decisions are those around the planting of a new block.

Because of the inherent timings that relate to growing fruit, it can be more complex to understand the financial implications of decisions for orchards than for some other types of agriculture.

SWOT analysis (continued from last month)

How do things look now? (continued from last month)

What does everyone want? I see the Family Plan as the foundation stone for everything else. (Continued from last month)

Being a fruitgrower is one of the more complex ways of earning a living.

These days there would be rare instances where a business did not produce profit and cash flow budgets—especially larger businesses that carry significant debt. (continued from August 2015)