WHY FARM PLANNING IS IMPORTANT

By Vincent Daka

All planning is a matter of forecasting. Now, someone may ask what is farm planning? Well, farm planning is a decision-making process in the farm business, which involves organization and management of limited resources to realize the specified goals continuously. Basically, farm planning is the sketching, outlining and drawing of the farmstead as well as arrangement of the land for proper usage without the risk of land degradation. It is also the general arrangement of a farm before and after it take off. Now, why is farm planning so important in farming business? It is important for the following reasons:

• It helps in determining the actual dimension of the farmland

• It promotes neatness of the farm

• It helps describe the future of the soil units

• It helps to maximize the use of the labour and other factors of production

• It helps in location of farm structures and building

• It help prevent wastage of farmland and other inputs

• It helps farmers to project his yield before harvesting

It is for these reasons that every farmer is advised to do a farm plan and it is also advisable to have your farm plan done by professionals for excellent workmanship