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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Aquaculture holds huge potential in Africa. By introducing novel ingredients to the fish feed industry Urban Farmer hopes to assist farmers to improve their production efficiencies and outputs and meet the dramatic shortfall in fish production on the continent. In February 2020 Urban Farmer facilitated a series of meetings in […]

Urban Farmer and its Kenyan subsidiary UFEA Trading were proud to co-host the Feed Millers Forum 2020 at Safari Park in Nairobi, Kenya, on 12 February 2020. The event was supported by the Association of Kenyan Feed Manufacturers (AKEFEMA) and provided a platform for discussion between some of the world’s […]