« The future of sheep farming - INTENSIVE PRECISION FARMING!! »

As we have continouously seen and read, the move to more intensive sheep farming is a definate.

The question is quite simple - Why would you want to buy thousands of hectare farm if one can farm with the same number of sheep under roof on a smaller cheaper piece of ground.

Obviously this is not as simple as it sounds, but it is the road to the end, where management, weaning percentages and off take prices are of real importance. The dwindling numbers in the sheep population will ensure a higher off take price and better weaning percentages will be ensured by intensive care.

The government has also indicated that this could be the answer to assisting black farmers in owning farm units on small areas of ground on which they can efficiently farm - as long as the management is controlled and there are off take agreements.There are big movements already in place for this to happen.

PANAF, FOODS AND PHARMA [PTY] LTD - [www.panaf.co.za] have started a division with DENVOR STUD whereby intensive units will be started, with all the necessary technical knowledge required. 

A business plan has been formulated, and should there be any interested parties, please to contact us.

This entails the financial/capital and cash flow requirements to put up anything from 250 ewe unit and more. This also includes building specs, feed specs, mentorship, purchases and offtake agreements.

Enclosed are pictures of what the buildings could look like.