Urban Farmer’s Zambian subsidiary, Isibaya Holdings, started the year by welcoming a new member to its team, Mr Eric Rusike. Eric holds a BA in Business Administration from the University of Zambia and has previous work experience in administration, research, and importation. Eric will be employed as an Administrative […]
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Congratulations to Ronel van der Westhuizen on her appointment as Operations Coordinator for P3NC (Pty) Ltd. P3NC is a joint venture between Urban Farmer and SwiNE Nutrition Management and is a company focused on providing specialised nutritional solutions for piglets. (www.p3nc.co.za) Ronel started with Urban Farmer in 2017 as […]
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Customer feedback is important to any business, but it is critical to Urban Farmer who prides itself on its service. At the end of 2020 we ran an online survey amongst a select group of our customers. The survey focused on the quality of Urban Farmer’s products, the responsiveness of […]
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At Urban Farmer we are committed to offering our customers an unparalleled service experience. To this end we have introduced and are piloting a Loyalty Reward Program in Kenya through our subsidiary, UFEA Trading. Urban Farmer’s customers in Kenya will earn 500 points for each unit of macro premix […]
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It is almost a year since South Africa’s first COVID-19 lockdown was implemented at midnight on the 26th of March 2020. Nearly a year later we remain in a “State of Emergency” and still subject to lockdown restrictions, albeit Alert Level 1. I hope that you and your families have […]
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Urban Farmer is committed to offering appropriate solutions to its customers to enable them to farm better. Mycotoxins are a huge economic and commercial concern for feed millers and farmers alike because they affect the nutritive value of the ingredients that they contaminate and the productivity of the animals […]
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If you had suggested to me at the AFMA Forum in March that no one would be able to travel for the rest of the year I would have told you that Urban Farmer wouldn’t survive to Christmas. But it has and we have much to be grateful for. For […]
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On Monday 23 March 2020 South Africa’s president, Cyril Ramaphosa, confirmed that South Africa will be going into “lock-down” from Thursday 26 March 2020 to Thursday 16 April 2020. This intervention is seen as necessary to curtail the spread of the COVID-19 virus and will see many businesses closing their […]
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Everyone recognises the potential that Nigeria represents but anyone who has ever operated in Nigeria knows the challenges of conducting business in Africa’s most exciting developing market. Undaunted Urban Famer incorporated a subsidiary in Nigeria, UFNG Livestock Solutions (UFNG), in 2019. The management of UFNG started 2020 by meeting with […]
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Steven Payne of Urban Farmer and De Wet Boshoff of the Animal Feed Manufacturers Association of South Africa (AFMA) were honoured to participate in the National Executive Committee meeting of the Association of Kenyan Feed Manufacturers (AKEFEMA) on the 12th of February 2020 in Kenya. Urban Farmer was instrumental in […]
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