“Each of us has about 40 chances to accomplish our goals in life. I learned this first through agriculture, because all farmers can expect to have about 40 growing seasons, giving them only 40 chances to improve on every harvest.” Howard Graham Buffet is an American businessman, farmer and conservationist and he wrote a book called: 40 chances: Finding hope in a hungry world. Part of his philosophy is to make people understand that we have a limited period of time on earth to do things right and to make the world a better place for our children. We, as the farming community, are custodians of nature. We are in the frontline of taking care of the resources our next generation will inherit, and more directly, everything we do has an influence on our next harvest, from maize to meat.

In this issue of ProAgri Zambia the focus is on taking care of our animals with preventative health measures and good nutrition, especially through the winter. If we take proper care of them, they will return the favour, with flavour! We also continue our report on Agritech and hope to introduce to you the supplier you may have been looking for.

Please let us know where you picked up your copy of ProAgri Zambia by dropping me an e-mail. We love to hear from our readers.

Farm smartly!
Annemarie Bremner >annemarie@proagri.co.za

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