AGRICULTURE NEWS - When Farmer’s Weekly interviewed JK Basson in 2013 after he won the Agricultural Research Council’s (ARC) Master Dairyman Award for the first time, Basson advised others against starting a dairy farm because of the high costs and barriers to entry.
He said the situation was particularly difficult in a total mixed ration (TMR) system, as was the case with all dairy farms in the Swartland, where he runs his operation.
Things haven’t changed much since then, with the past year’s spike in fuel and fertiliser prices placing further pressure on margins that are already under great strain.
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