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Cash crop
If you find Long-term ventures are necessary and so is short-term income and it can be hard to combine them sometimes Then, This is a crop produced for a quick cash return. Some examples: Growing a crop of melons between … Continue reading
Ready for opportunity
If you find Being unprepared leaves you with fewer options when situations change OR Not knowing ahead of time what is happening means you are disadvantaged Then, You might as well exploit your advantages, everything else in nature does including … Continue reading
Sperm bank
If you find It’s not always convenient to keep a stock of frozen sperm on the farm so you can join your animals whenever you want to OR It would be handy to be ready to breed more animals if … Continue reading
Litter
If you find Soils are fragile AND Bare ground is ripe for weed invasion and soil erosion AND Bare ground loses more moisture than ground covered by living or dead plant matter Then, Any living or dead material lying on … Continue reading
Top mob
If you find There are good genes in most collections of animals or plants but they are not evenly distributed and some individuals make better seedstock as a result AND Keeping the best genes to breed with the best genes … Continue reading
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Seedstock linked to relevant relatives
If you find It is not always clear who is related to who else AND Selecting a member of a family (plant or animal) as seedstock means bringing in some family characteristics that are desirable and some that are undesirable … Continue reading
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Effective culling
If you find It can be difficult to “let go” of animals you have raised Sentiment can interfere when culling, making it hard to make the best decisions at the drafting race It takes time and effort to track all … Continue reading
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Flexible females
If you find Your competitors may be more adapted to market swings than you Change in the market often happens very quickly, leaving many people behind The window of opportunity can be very small and hard to see Opportunity does … Continue reading
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Seedstock evenly assessed
If you find We can’t read an animal’s genes or a plant’s genes by looking at them. So to get the best chance of seeing their potential, we have to raise them under similar conditions and hope that this will … Continue reading
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Nature fills any vacuum
If you find Bare ground fills with weeds AND If you don’t grow something in a particular spot, nature does and it is usually something you don’t want there Then, Believe it or not, Nature fills any vacuum is a … Continue reading