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How much margin should this cycle leave, and what happens if price, yield or cost turn?

Do I buy this land or keep renting it, and is the asking price fair?

How much of my income depends on a single crop, activity or customer?

How much time am I losing to absence, and is it many short absences or a few long ones?

What does replacing a worker really cost, counting the empty post and the ramp-up?

How much of the crew left and what replacing them cost.

Is locking the price now worth it, and what does the basis charge you?

If I lock a futures price, what price do I end up with in each market case?

Is holding the lot worth it, or has the cost of waiting eaten the gain you expect?

How much to sell to cover costs and stop losing money.

Whether the farm is over-indebted and whether its debt fits what it earns.

Does the investment pay for itself, how soon, and what it earns above the cost of money?

Where the farm's emissions come from and where to cut first.

How far can price and harvest fall before this cycle turns a loss?

Which of your farm risks deserve attention first.

Twelve statements, two minutes, and a portrait of how you decide on the farm.

Seven decisions, one minute: see on how many the farm stops if you step away.