Gauteng Smallholder Gauteng Smallholder September 2017 | Page 11

NEWS China’s largest tractor-make back in SA A fter an absence of almost two years, Foton tractors, made by the largest tractor manu- facturer in China, are back in South Africa as Lovol Foton, with agri-equipment supplier ABC Hansen Africa as the principal importer of the range. ABC Hansen has, since the early 1990s, been selling silo and grain handling equip- ment , as well as the Hippo hammer mill, Hippo pellet and feed mills and a wide range of other agri processing equipment. Scanwood Solutions and Trail Saddles F rom page 8 or by email and SMS, will be uploaded to the sasfox site. SuperSmalls as a category thus falls away and advertisers in this section with revert to free advertisers, unless they choose one of the options outlined above. One of the features which makes sasfox stand out from the rest is its online produce market. Here, farmers and smallholders will be able to sell and swop their produce, such as surplus fruit, meat, eggs and dairy products, without incurring the cost of transport to markets, formal advertising, agents' commis- sion, etc. In this way we hope that sasfox will be an instrument for good in the drive towards individual, household and regional food security in southern Africa. The key to a good classified advertisement site is eyes viewing the ads and sasfox will be heavily promoted in a number of ways to ensure that small farmers throughout southern Africa are aware of the site, and are reminded to make it their first port of call when sourcing items for, or selling produce from, their farms and smallholdings. The site is also available in a mobile-friendly form, meaning you don't need a desktop computer or laptop to use it but can access it in all its functionality on your cellphone. While fully-owned and operated by the publishers of the Gauteng Smallholder , www.sasfox.co.za will operate as a completely separate entity to the magazine. For more information call Mark on 011 979-5088 more than five accompanying illustrations you will have the option of selecting to pay the fee. If you decide not to, your ad will simply appear on the site for 30 days in plain type. As the end of the 30 day validity period approaches you will receive a message from the site informing you to renew the advert if the item is not sold, failing which we will delete the ad to keep the content on the site fresh. As far as the magazine is concerned, this is the last edition in which Classified ads and SuperSmalls will be published, as all ads submit- ted, whether by post, by hand 9 www.sasmallholder.co.za Continued on page 11 SASFOX