Farm Biz

Always Be a Dignified Professional (Especially When a Client Is In a Hurry and/or Demands Lower Fees!)

December 10, 2013

A South African poultry broiler farm business owner contacted me via my website last week. And he was in a BIG hurry: “Hi, Could you please send me the Excel trial Version of Broiler Chicken management software. Let me know also the price of the system please. I need this urgently. Regards, Molefe (surname removed […]

Career Development

When You're Not Working, Create a Bigger Dream (Hint: New Product - My Pineapple Peels Based Cakes...Made Without an Oven!)

December 7, 2013

When I'm not hammering away at my laptop keyboard, writing articles, reports and books...or building custom Excel-VB software, I'm likely to be found sleeping, or working to progress further towards my ultimate dream. That dream is to own what I call a Home-Based Farm-Products-Brew-Pub. And I've nursed it since 1999, when I still worked in […]

Entrepreneurship

Achieve Superior Success by Letting Your Work Speak for You

December 3, 2013

Henry Kaiser once said: "When your work speaks for itself, don't interrupt". Many people achieve their website (sales and other) goals very quietly - everyday. They let their diligent work convince buyers, and sometimes use "success stories" to re-inforce their impact. This article discusses requirements for succeeding that way. Many Whose Websites Succeed Noiselessly Are […]

Career Development

Smart Exercising Will Keep You Fit, Healthy, and Alive

November 23, 2013

Yes, that's the key to good health, looking young, and LIVING LONG. Sweating enables your body expel many "bad things" that can weaken it! I took the photo below, this a.m (Friday 22nd Nov. 2013 at 10.00a.m): Above: Photo taken in 2013 - I was 43 at the time Below: Photo taken in March 2017 […]

Farm Biz

Every Farm Business, No Matter How Small, Needs PC-Based Record Keeping & Accounts Automation

November 20, 2013

An essential requirement for success of any farm that wishes to adopt best practice/continuous improvement techniques to achieve optimal performance, is the integration of software automation into its operations - especially farm records keeping and accounting. In this short article, I provide graphic illustrations based on real-life occurrences to show that simple computer-based automation is […]

Farm Biz

10 Frequently Asked Questions About Feed Formulation

November 19, 2013

===Email excerpt starts==== From: “Bello Hassan” Sent date: 06/09/2011 08:55:34 PM To: “Tayo K. Solagbade” Hi Tayo, I have seen that attachments and will go through. I have browsed the book and my iniital impression is that you have succeeded in demistifying poultry feed formulation. I intend to post my full review of the book […]

Farm Biz

Customizable Excel-VB Driven Poultry Layer Farm Manager Software (Video Demonstration)

November 10, 2013

Watch screen shot demonstration video of the Excel-Visual Basic Driven Poultry Farm Manager I build from scratch, or customize/scale down to suit the needs of different farm business sizes. It allows users make daily entries of farm production/operating data. Click here to watch on Youtube And it instantly generates Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), like […]

Farm Biz

10 Farm Business Best Practice Ideas Articles

November 9, 2013

Some of the articles below touch on various aspects of what I call a Best Operating Process Management System (BOPMS)™ for Farm Business Management - or at least mentioned the need for it, towards achieving consistently profitable farm business performance. If you're interested, click the link below to request a copy of my questionnaire survey […]

Career Development

(FREE PDF) Using MS Excel® Solver for Least Cost Feed Formulation Can Be Easy - But Also Dangerous (How to Protect Yourself)

November 8, 2013

Everybody knows a little MS Excel. It’s so easy to use. However, I make sure to warn – from over 20 years of supporting users of Excel-apps I develop – that Excel’s “friendly“ nature is also what makes it a potentially dangerous tool. Especially for users with inadequate knowledge and experience, or indeed absent-minded competent […]

Entrepreneurship

No. 114: Speaking IDEAS for Farm Support Experts

November 4, 2013

If you provide farm support products and services, this issue of my weekly speaking IDEAS newsletter will interest you. That includes experts working with private owned agro-allied companies, government agencies or even Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs). Yesterday, I listened to a top Ekiti state government official (on Nigerian TV) explaining how they are attracting young people […]

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