For a long time, I thought of technology and farming as two very different worlds. One was about soil, weather, crops, pruning, irrigation and harvesting. The other was about computers, websites, software and the internet. But the more time I spend around both, the more I realise that they are becoming difficult to separate. A…
There Is a Question Farmers Don’t Ask Enough For a long time, I thought the most important question in farming was simple: How much can I produce? More tomatoes. More kiwi. More vegetables. More yield per acre. Better production. Lower crop losses. It makes sense. Farming is, after all, a production business. But the longer…
There was a time when I thought about farming mainly in terms of production. How much can I grow? How can I increase yield? Which input should I use? How can I protect the crop? These are natural questions for any farmer. At the end of the season, the numbers matter. A farm has to…
For many people, farming is a profession they want to leave behind. Every year, thousands of young people move from villages to cities in search of better jobs, stable incomes, and new opportunities. When agriculture is discussed in the news, it is often associated with unpredictable weather, rising costs, low profits, and market uncertainty. I…