Central to Whole Farm Planning using the Holistic Management framework is creating a holisticgoal. The holisticgoal is used as the “measure of success” as farmers and the farm family work to balance the need to improve their overall quality of life, including financial security, social and community harmony, and the quality of the surrounding land and environment. All farmers plan all the time. Sometimes these are formal written plans, other times not. Among the many planning factors farmers consider are:
Each of these considerations is generally factored into decision-making (with financial success often outweighing other considerations). Competing objectives always seem to plague decision-makers, including farmers, but Holistic Management allows you to evaluate all decisions and all plans against the standard of that which you truly desire. Decisions and planning should always move you toward your holisticgoal. For this reason, if you do nothing else in whole farm planning, do create a holisticgoal.
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