“Grains of Thought” is our new idea to encourage collaboration and help us all benchmark our crops and businesses on The Farming Forum.
There have been may threads since TFF started trying to compare various aspects of how we all farm, yields, input spend, fixed costs etc have all been endlessly discussed but usually the result is the same, lack of equal comparisons make the discussion interesting but ultimately a bit meaningless !
I've been sure there had to be a way to get some more meaningful benchmarking out of these discussions and spent a lot of time trying to find a way to make that possible, What we have now is a test to see how this goes, if people like it it will continue, if they don't it will not, as usual with TFF we will do what the members want us to do.
Basically the idea is this – every couple weeks we will ask the forum a series of short questions and provide those that participate with the results. The topics will change throughout the year based on seasonality, industry trends, and requests from the community.
To make the results relevant to you, in the first set of questions we will be asking a couple things about your farm size and county. With this information, we will send you comparable results to farmers of like farm size and geography.
You can participate on your smartphone, tablet, or PC by clicking the links (in this post) on our website or by clicking the website banners that will appear shortly. Within 1-2 weeks of providing your feedback, you will be emailed a link to your personal report with instructions on how to view the results.
Finally, your personal identifying information and individual responses will never be shared with others. So, give it a go!
The continuation of this idea will depend on the interest from the forum over the next couple months. Initially, participation will be limited to winter wheat growers. However, if we receive good participation and positive feedback then we will keep it going and extend the idea to additional crops and create questions based on what you tell us you want to compare, yields, fixed or variable costs spends........anything really that's interest you, guided by topics in the thread that you create on the forum
We hope you enjoy this new opportunity and find it fun and insightful!
The link to take part is here
https://www.growingopinions.com/uc/global_admin/0e3d/
The report that we will provide show your answers in relation to others of similar business, farm size, area etc. will come back to you in a email newsletter format called "Grains of thought" and you will have access to a dashboard that will also show your results an link to which will appear on the TFF top menu bar soon
Results emails will look something like this
The members dashboard will look something like this
There have been may threads since TFF started trying to compare various aspects of how we all farm, yields, input spend, fixed costs etc have all been endlessly discussed but usually the result is the same, lack of equal comparisons make the discussion interesting but ultimately a bit meaningless !
I've been sure there had to be a way to get some more meaningful benchmarking out of these discussions and spent a lot of time trying to find a way to make that possible, What we have now is a test to see how this goes, if people like it it will continue, if they don't it will not, as usual with TFF we will do what the members want us to do.
Basically the idea is this – every couple weeks we will ask the forum a series of short questions and provide those that participate with the results. The topics will change throughout the year based on seasonality, industry trends, and requests from the community.
To make the results relevant to you, in the first set of questions we will be asking a couple things about your farm size and county. With this information, we will send you comparable results to farmers of like farm size and geography.
You can participate on your smartphone, tablet, or PC by clicking the links (in this post) on our website or by clicking the website banners that will appear shortly. Within 1-2 weeks of providing your feedback, you will be emailed a link to your personal report with instructions on how to view the results.
Finally, your personal identifying information and individual responses will never be shared with others. So, give it a go!
The continuation of this idea will depend on the interest from the forum over the next couple months. Initially, participation will be limited to winter wheat growers. However, if we receive good participation and positive feedback then we will keep it going and extend the idea to additional crops and create questions based on what you tell us you want to compare, yields, fixed or variable costs spends........anything really that's interest you, guided by topics in the thread that you create on the forum
We hope you enjoy this new opportunity and find it fun and insightful!
The link to take part is here
https://www.growingopinions.com/uc/global_admin/0e3d/
The report that we will provide show your answers in relation to others of similar business, farm size, area etc. will come back to you in a email newsletter format called "Grains of thought" and you will have access to a dashboard that will also show your results an link to which will appear on the TFF top menu bar soon
Results emails will look something like this
The members dashboard will look something like this
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