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ADVICE
FARMS NEED
TEAMWORK
Teamwork is essential on
today's farms, and one of the most
important teams is often neglected:
the husband and wife combina-
tion.
This team must first agree on
goals. Once these goals are deter-
mined, each member must develop
his or her individual strengths. To-
day's farm women are challenged
to expand their roles in an effort to
strengthen the farm family team.
Collecting information and record-
ing and analysing the results, for
example, is a role that often goes
unthanked, but is important if the
financial and production strengths
and weaknesses of an operation
are to be understood and positive
changes made.
A good team always has a com-
prehensive plan. On the farm,
sickness, death, or financial rever-
sals can often spell the end of the
game if team members have not
put emergency plans in their back
pockets. Women who are actively
involved in the day to day running
of the operation can carry on the
operation should problems arise. It
may not be necessary to know how
to feed, clean, and harvest, but if a
history of inputs and results on a
monthly basis is familiar, that new
hired man can be given direction
before another problem occurs,
i.e., the end of the next fiscal year.
Husbands and wives should
prepare themselves for the
possibility of acquiring off -farm
employment to supplement cash
flows. You are both marketable
commodities.
Women should also be actively
involved in marketing and credit
requests, as this will improve
decision-making and establish a
credit rating for the wife. John A.
Wilson, an American accountant,
said when addressing Women for
the Support of Agriculture, "The
woman with an understanding of
the financial world has a much bet-
ter chance of making a significant
contribution to her family and
society."
Women should sharpen their
stress management skills and share
them with the rest of the family.
Younger family members should
be introduced to the team ap-
proach as soon as possible.
Because of the role that women