He asked if they had pallets and other shipping byproducts they didn’t need, what they were currently doing with these items, if they needed any items, and explained how he could help. John hit the pavement and started knocking on the doors of industrial businesses, large warehouses, distributors, and scrap yards. “Bottom line is I’m a middleman,” John said.
Realizing the pallet yards were selling them for a profit to businesses that needed them, John saw an opportunity.
#Middleman business free
John Wilker started out buying or being given pallets free by businesses that had no need for them and selling them to pallet yards. His business model? Buying industrial byproducts, the kind of stuff that’s used for shipping like pallets, cardboard boxes, crates, and so on, and reselling them for a profit. If we are to make head way in maximizing profit as farmers we ought to follow this tried and tested method or system which seeming to be growing and bringing joy to the farmers using it.John made $1614 before 11am the day we recorded this episode. The trend can be seen in South Africa where farmers markets are springing up here and there and in solidarity and pursuit of profit, farmers in the country are flocking to sell their produce in any farmers market nearest to them. New York Times reports that, “60% of Americans now go to farmers market nearest to them to get their fresh fruits and veggies and all other produces and that was caused by the Bush administration campaign for F to T (farm to table).
#Middleman business plus
In response to the session on middle men and women making the profit from the farmers’ sweat and causing price pain to the consumers/customer In America for example, due to this trend in middlemen business, most farmers decided to be selling their product directly to the consumers, cutting off the middlemen and that was how Farmers’ Market came to be, and since 1994 farmers markets in America has tripled from 12,019 to 36,000 plus and still rising, with more licenses to create more been given which was caused by the surge of farmers to sell their product directly and make maximum profit. Forming a body in order to fix prices may not work in the long run in my humble opinion farmers should also be middleman and retailer. Farmers to find a way to increase production volume/capacity and also reduce product cost. The middlemen and retailer always make more profit in terms of percentage, but the production company makes more in terms of volume. So these everyday items we buy, if you knew how small the margin is on these items from the production company, you will be surprised. They get compensated by volume of production. The reality is that middlemen will always make more money than the farmers, same way a wholesaler makes the least profit in the production chain. If farmers can structure their farm and practices such that there is steady cash flow, he can always stand his ground. So basically what we have is a cash flow problem. When it’s time to sell, and a farmer is low on cash flow, it won’t be that easy for farmers to start dictating price. Farmers don’t really have access to grants or long term loans they basically have to incur all the cost associated with production personally. The end of the matter is that we must ensure good practice so that everyone goes home happy.Ĭontrolling prices at the farm gate is not so easy as it seems. I know agriculture is the next big thing in Nigeria and we are the people to make that happen. Let’s not expect middlemen to just fold their arms and not fight back when we effect changes but we must be firm in our resolve to see any meaningful change. We can no longer do business as usual and expect things to be different. We have people of diverse professions here. We have the number to start the change we hope to see. Our produce should be inspected and then the middlemen will buy at a price agreed by the association which should have a fair representation of both sides of the divide. We will need to belong to some associations where we will register for a token. We can actually have something like a task force so to speak. However, we will need to have structures in place to determine fair prices for produces, control the market and penalize offenders and to act as checks and balances to the excesses of the middlemen. We will not be able to completely eliminate the roles of middlemen.
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