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’.
Look at Brunette Downs for example – one of the largest cattle stations in Australia – which at over 12 000 square kilometres, is bigger than some countries! One wonders how they manage to get the requisite farm supplies that are necessary to keep an enterprise that size operating efficiently..
All farmers – whether on remote stations or on smallholdings just outside the city – need to get their farming supplies from somewhere, and it’s just as critical for every farmer to be able to rely on the rural supplies company to deliver the right product quickly and efficiently.
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. This knowledge and experience enables the farm supplies companies to offer additional services to farmers, such as water management, soil testing, agronomy advice, pest control, water fittings, spray nozzles and hose fittings advice etc.
For example, a rural supplies company like the Farm Co, located in the heart of Western Australia’s wheatbelt region is run by people who have been farmers themselves, hence they understand exactly what farmers do and what they need.
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. Their neighbours may not be close, but their farm supplies are. With online shopping using mobile phones and computers now possible from companies like the Farm Co, farmers can buy anything from animal health products to spray nozzles, water fittings to fertiliser, hose fittings to herbicides 24 hours a day.