Management can be a difficult issue in many family farms because of the closeness of the family members, Aaron Clark noted during the Washington Women in Agriculture Conference in East Wenatchee this spring. A lack of leadership and foresight is one of the main reasons family businesses fail, said Clark, who is a fourth-generation orchardist and works as field manager at Price Cold Storage and Packing Company, Yakima, Washington. He also is involved in a family orchard business with his two brothers-in-law. Leadership differs from management, Clark explained. A manager runs the system that’s in place in the most effective […]