Guidelines for mechanisation and labour planning

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" height=90 BGCOLOR="#006699" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="02c285a1erlcgo.gif"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#FFCC66" FACE="Arial" ><B>FARMING SUCCESS</B></FONT><B>     |    </B><B> </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="FARMING SUCCESS"><U><B>Home</B></U></A></div> <div> Guidelines<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFF99" FACE="Symbol" >   ·   </FONT><A HREF="riglyne.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Riglyne vir die bepaling van meganisasie"><U>Riglyne</U></A><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFF99" FACE="Symbol" >   ·   </FONT><A HREF="adoption.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Adoption of New Technologies"><U>Adoption</U></A><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFF99" FACE="Symbol" >   ·   </FONT><A HREF="foodgardening.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Creative Multidisciplinary Approach towa"><U>FoodGardening</U></A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=390 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <I>Guidelines for mechanisation and labour planning</I><I>  </I></div> <div> <IMG SRC="3e2580a0.jpg" border=0 width="600" height="10" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="riglyne.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Riglyne vir die bepaling van meganisasie"><U><B>Afrikaans</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <B> <TABLE BORDER="1" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="649" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 173 WIDTH="635"><div> Mechanisation and labour costs have increased gradually over the past couple of years. The modern cash crop farming business cannot afford it anymore to have access labour or machinery on the farm. Machinery costs contribute to approximately 25% of total farming costs and approximately 15% of total gross production value. Labour costs contribute to approximately 15% of total farming costs and approximately 9% of total gross production value. Together, they contribute to approximately 40% of total farming costs. Thorough planning of these expenses is therefore essential to contribute to sustainable farming success. </div> <bR> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 38 WIDTH="635"><div> The following <B>guidelines</B> will help the farmer to do a mechanisation and labour planning for his farming business. </div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 20 ><NOBR><div> <B>Available from the following website:  </B><A HREF="http://www.uovs.ac.za/faculties/content.php?id=4851&FCode=04&DCode=099&DivCode=D002" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.uovs.ac.za/faculties/content."><U><B>www.uovs.ac.za/agriman</B></U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 20 WIDTH="635"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="20" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="635" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 BGCOLOR=#FFCC80 HEIGHT= 15 WIDTH="635"><div> <A HREF="research.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Research "><U><B>Back to Research</B></U></A></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></B></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>