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KANHYM ESTATES (PTY) LTD

An area of 9 459 ha directly South of Middelburg forms the heart of Kanhym and is further enhanced by 5 outlying properties near Heidelberg, Babsfontein, Magaliesburg, Marble Hall and Vereeniging. In total Kanhym owns 10 277 ha of prime agricultural land. It is Kanhym's business philosophy to reduce it's financial risk through a program of diversification but still retain the benefit inherent to economy of scale. Therefore Kanhym has 4 main production divisions supported by the necessary specialized service departments.

A total of 6 000 ha are planted by the Agri Division in a rotational crop program where 70% of the area is planted to maize and 30% to soya beans. This does not make the Company self sufficient in these commodities as the Kanhym Mill Division requires vast supplies in order to manufacture the 250,000 tons of animal feeds annually. Kanhym focuses primarily on poultry, pig and beef cattle feeds and distributes in bulk to larger clients or in bagged form through its network of agents.

World class genetics for the Kanhym Piggery Division is sourced from Pig Improvement Company of the U.S., thus enabling the Piggery to produce breeding stock of exceptional quality and sought after carcasses for the RSA pork market. Speeding up genetic improvement on customers farms is accomplished through the supply of liquid genetics (boar semen). A total of 150,000 pigs are produced in the various Kanhym herds.

Originally Kanhym was known as a mayor player in the Cattle feedlot arena. The need to move away from the commodity world of beef carcasses to a brand supported retail presence was a logical strategy. Quality and food safety were the main driving forces when Kanhym developed the Tenderlicious brand for their beef and Slenderlicious for itÍs pork. Application has been launched for the registration of Leanerlicious as a trademark for our lamb. Guarantees given under these brand names are monitored and certified by the SA Meat Industry Company (SAMIC).

The most exciting development was to establish the Kanhym Fresh Meat Deli in Middelburg. The success of this unit has recently lead to the creation of the Kanhym Fresh Meat Deli franchise. Here an up market fresh meat deli with selected complementary products, servicing the retail and catering markets has been developed. The target markets will be the more discerning buyer where quality is a non negotiable.
The development of Kanhym's human capital has been a driving force for many years and has lead to a new generation of junior managers in all of Kanhym's departments. The human resources department oversees this program in conjunction with various community upliftment initiatives.

SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

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As Kanhym grew and expanded it recognised the need to give back to the community in which it operates. Social responsibility is an imperative for Kanhym. A policy of social and environmental upliftment for the local community was devised. This is evident in many of KanhymÍs projects and initiatives, for e.g. the medical assistance programme, realising home ownership, etc.

An fully equipped day clinic, which facilitates primary health care and educates the local community about critical issues such as AIDS awareness and family planning is operational. In addition, a full time medical nurse is available, in order to attend to the medical needs of Kanhym's employees and their families. Further support is given by referrals to the local Doctors.

A portion of the farm was sold to the Steve Tshwete Municipality to establish a 3000 plot township. Here people live in formal surroundings near to a number of major employers. The primary and secondary schools that were originally built by Kanhym Estates on the farm were moved to this new township.

A formal skills shortage matrix is constantly being updated in order to focus training needs on specific skills. ABET courses are offered to not only the workers but also to their family members. Training courses for the workers of some of our clients were conducted successfully in the past.