Consider the Source

In modern agriculture, there is a big difference in the quality of the advice farmers receive, depending on the source.

Large-scale commercial farms are big users of outside expertise, and tend to act on the advice they receive from product and service providers. In most cases, it comes from individuals with a vested interest in the farmer making a certain choice.

In legal terms, this is called a conflict of interest. As Sarah Nolet pointed out this week, it’s not recogni…