FARMING FOR CLIMATE CHANGE
INTRODUCTION
OFMB was registered on the 15th July 2011 (Registration number: C02011/5975).
A joint venture company was formed with Botswana and International shareholders as a result of Mike Hallam's vision to utilize locally produced animal waste products primarily from Beef Feedlots.
INVESTMENTS
OFMB has invested in and installed a state of the art blending and bagging plant with a capacity of 60,000 tons per annum.
OFMB has also installed a packing and sealing plant primarily for its organic products with a capacity of 20,000 tons per annum.
A fertilizer granulation plant has been installed and its capacity is 30,000 tons per annum.
OFMB is currently supplying Botswana and surrounding countries such as Zambia, DRC and Zimbabwe with Organic and organically blended fertilizer in a granulated form that is easily applied by farmers through their planters or fertilizer spreaders.
OFMB is able to supply Organic or any Organically enhanced fertilizer required for a particular crop, soil or basic environment.
ADVANTAGES
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The Botswana Ministry of Agriculture has a mandate to reduce imports and increase local agricultural production whilst ensuring that the fragile soils of Botswana are not lost to future generations. The Ministry recognises the importance of Soil Organic matter.
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Botswana, because of its strategic geographic position, is ideally placed to penetrate the regional agricultural input requirement market mainly being South Africa, Zambia, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Angola, and the D.R.C.
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OFMB, with the association of its local partners, imports significant quantities of maize; maize bran; molasses and other raw materials necessary for the livestock industry in the country as well as for its partners feedlot, which ensures a constant supply of raw materials in the form of manures to make the fertilizer.
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There is a substantial demand for our Organic and Organically enhanced fertilizers in South Africa. OFMB's products have already been trialled and tested in South Africa and have demonstrated excellent results.
With strategic rail networks expanding westwards in the pipeline and the establishment of “dry port” facilities already in Namibia, OFMB sees huge opportunities for the export of its products primarily to the West African countries in the North.
BEEF FEEDLOT
The Beef Feedlots supplying the manure are all registered with the Department of Veterinary Science and are also European Union Compliant.
EXPORT
OFMB is currently supplying Botswana and surrounding countries such as Zambia, DRC and Zimbabwe with Organic and organically blended fertilizer in a granulated form that is easily applied by farmers through their planters or fertilizer spreaders.
