Vol. 43

Title:
Crop Scheduling: A Business Practice or a Customer Service?

Author:
Clive R. Larkman

pp: 86-88

Abstract:
To many of us crop scheduling means rotation between a wheat crop, a lucerne hay crop, a barley crop, or something of that nature. In reality it just means planned and/or organised production of your crop.

You are probably aware that in most businesses, whether they are producing nuts, bolts, cars, or aeroplanes, the production is done according to schedule. They work to a plan i e., a certain number of a certain product is produced at a predetermined time of the year. If you produce suntan lotion then your production is greater just prior to summer Well, plants are no different—their production also has to be preplanned.

I'll digress a little bit here and talk about customers. One of the current buzz words, favoured by business consultants and financial advisers, is "trading partners." The trading partners are a pair or a set of businesses whose success, productivity, and profit depends on each other. It basically means you the seller depend on your buyer's successful business for your

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