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| Henning, Janus I.F.; Mare, Frikkie A.; Willemse, B.J.. |
| The management of new technology for farming is important, as it has an influence on the profitability of the farm. With the development of new technology, new breeding methods have been developed and have an influence on the profitability on a sheep farm. This article studies the difference in gross margins for three kinds of reproduction methods with sheep namely: Conventional, Artificial Insemination and Cervical Insemination. Four different scenarios have been developed and for each of the scenarios the gross margins have been calculated, according to the assumptions made in the scenario. This resulted in the comparison of the new breeding technology against the conventional technology, taking into account the all the different factors. It was... |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Livestock Production/Industries. |
| Ano: 2010 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/113787 |
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| Mare, Frikkie A.; Nell, Wilhelm T.; Willemse, B.J.. |
| Since the decline in the price of maize from the beginning of 2010, meat has become the new buzzword under maize producers as they are desperately looking for alternatives to increase the value of their crops. It seems as if the price of maize may stay low at levels equal to export parity prices for the next year or two due to very large yields and an increasing level of ending stocks each year. On the other hand, there is the meat sector which is doing extremely well and had even shown positive growth during the worldwide financial crisis. A substantial decrease in the price of beef therefore seems unlikely and makes it a very attractive alternative market for maize. The question, however, is whether the value of maize can be increased by marketing it... |
| Tipo: Journal Article |
Palavras-chave: Livestock Production/Industries. |
| Ano: 2010 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/96646 |
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| Hanekom, J.W.; Willemse, B.J.; Strydom, D.B.. |
| The South African Potato industry was deregulated in the early 1990’s, leading to changes in market structure. The adjustment in market structure leads to changes in production and marketing practices, including contracting and pricing strategies for processing firms within the industry. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the current status in the potato processing industry, based on market structure, conduct and performance. The objective is to qualitatively measure the driving forces within the industry, and how these factors influence performance of the industry as a whole. The research method was based on the structure-conduct-performance paradigm, giving a better understanding of the potato processing industry and the driving forces, relating... |
| Tipo: Journal Article |
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries. |
| Ano: 2010 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/96643 |
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| Strydom, D.B.; Grove, Bennie; Kruger, Y.; Willemse, B.J.. |
| The use of modern marketing strategies to minimize risk exposure is not a widely adopted practice under maize producers. The producers tend to use high risk strategies which include the selling of the crop on the cash market after harvested; while the current market requires innovative strategies including the use of Futures and Options as traded on SAFEX. However, due to a lack of interest and knowledge of producers understanding of modern, complicated strategies the study illustrates by using a SERF and CDF that the use of three basic strategies namely a Put-, Twelve-segment-, Three-segment- can be more rewarding. These strategies can be adopted by farmers without an in-depth understanding of the market and market-signals. The results obtained from the... |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Marketing strategies; Futures; Options; SERF; Crop Production/Industries; Marketing. |
| Ano: 2010 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/96812 |
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