Oct 4, 20223 min read

First full load to the Freestate Province!

The TFM team had the privilege of supplying our first full load of organic fertilizer to a local farmer in the Freestate province this month. Our all-organic fertilizer will be used on both maize and soya's at Ivory game trust, and we are very excited to see the upcoming results from this farmer

Breaking News! TFM launching in October on the OTE platform

TFM is very excited to announce our partnership with OTE!

OTE is a highly secure online procurement platform where farmers can purchase commoditized agricultural inputs directly from importers. OTE is instrumental in helping farmers to farm more profitably. OTE's partnership with TFM is yet another step in their long-term strategy to establish a single buying platform for all the input needs of farmers.

We are very excited about this opportunity, and we want to thank the OTE team for all their hard work and dedication in launching our products on their platform.

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TFM exhibition at the Agri-SA Lavender kontrei mark expo!

From 22 till 24 September, TFM had the privilege of being part of the Agri-SA expo at the Lavender Kontrei Mark in Pretoria. The TFM team would like to thank the organizers of this event for the wonderful time we had there, as well as for the great exposure to the public and members of Agri-SA.

We would also like to thank each person who joined us at this event and came to our exhibition to learn more about our products and how we can help reduce input costs and save the soil for future generations!

Upcoming Event

The TFM team will be joining Malanseuns at their annual Trade Day on 19 October 2022.

We would like to invite you to come and visit us on this day to find out more about our products and enjoy a fun day with your family. We look forward to our partnership with Malanseuns and hope that you will soon be able to purchase our products at all their outlets.

Industry news

The Other Reason Why Food Prices Are Rising

The United Nations’ worst-case scenario calculation is that food prices will rise by an additional 8.5% by 2027.

Part of those higher costs is due to more expensive fertilizers as some have seen 300% price spikes over the past year, according to the American Farm Bureau. Farmers may be forced to pass those costs along to customers, resulting in higher grocery prices. Fertilizer is essential for crops.

Without fertilizer, plants may not get the nourishment they need to result in the yields necessary to feed the global population. According to the International Fertilizer Association, we would only be able to feed about half of the global population without fertilizer. Watch the video above to learn more about why the world is faced with a fertilizer crisis, supply chain woes, climate change impact and potential solutions on the horizon. "Last year [fertilizer] was around $270 per ton and now it's over $1,400 per ton," Meagan Kaiser, of Kaiser Family Farms and farmer-director of the United Soybean Board, told NBC's "Nightly News with Lester Holt." "It's scary. It turns my stomach a little bit to think about the amount of risk that our family farm is taking right now." Farmers are trying to adjust to this new normal.

When surveyed in spring 2022 about what they intended to plant, farmers said they were turning to more soybean, according to U.S. Department of Agriculture data, or a record 91 million acres of the legume. That may be because legumes don't require as much fertilizer as corn to grow. Spikes in fertilizer prices started when Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022. "It's amazing how dependent the world is on fertilizers from the region that we're talking about Russia and Ukraine," Johanna Mendelson Forman, adjunct professor at American University's School of International Service, told CNBC.

The region is responsible for at least 28% of the world's fertilizer exports, including nitrogen-, potassium- and phosphorus-based fertilizers, according to Morgan Stanley. Also factoring into price spikes are rising natural gas costs. "There's a direct relationship with what we're seeing in fuel prices and fertilizer prices," Jo Handelsman, director of the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, told CNBC. That's because fossil fuels are used in the manufacturing process of fertilizers — and is one of the reasons that they can contribute to climate change.

Plus, if farmers overuse fertilizers, the chemicals can run off into waterways, causing environmental damage, pollution and illnesses. "I'm not saying that the fertilizer is bad ... our soil naturally has nutrients," Ronald Vargas, secretary of the Global Soil Partnership for the United Nations. "If [soil] is naturally depleted, then you need to find a way to make those nutrients available."

Source: The Other Reason Why Food Prices Are Rising - CNBC Africa