FARM COMMUNITIES RELY ON SUPPLIES STORES
Farmers in rural and remote areas have always relied on their local community for support, but when your nearest neighbour is hundreds of kilometres away, help is not always ‘around the corner’.
If we think about Australia’s outback for example where some stations (another name for a huge ranch) are bigger than some European countries, how do farmers there get their rural supplies that are necessary to keep the enterprise working efficiently?.
Living in such far-flung areas means there’s no room for error, returns and unreliable deliveries when it comes to farming supplies, and although not all farmers are in remote areas, they all need a service provider that ‘delivers the goods’ in every way.
In fact, most farmers prefer to deal with farm supplies companies that are staffed by people who are farmers themselves, who can offer advice and suggestions based on real experience. And because these rural supplies companies have the knowledge of local conditions and markets, they’re able to put that experience to use and offer more than just products eg agronomy advice, water management plans, soil testing, animal health and disease management, water fittings, spray nozzles, and hose fittings, weed control etc.
For example, the Farm Co, a farming supplies company in the wheatbelt of West Australia, has a motto that ‘they know farming’ – and they can provide farmers across all industries with the products and back-up to keep them on top of their game.
But back to those ‘small countries’ hundreds of miles from their nearest community…. mobile technology has been a real saviour when it comes to ordering their rural supplies online. With online farm supplies companies like The Farm Co available via mobile phones and computers, ordering hose fittings, spray nozzles, water fittings and other rural supplies is at their fingertips 24/7….unlike their neighbours!.
