T
ex Turton has been involved in Agriculture for over four decades, having started his agricultural career as a Lecturer at an agricultural college.
He has always strived to broaden new horizons, conquer new challenges, and make a difference to agriculture in a new environment.
As General Manager of a large company farm he was responsible for:
- A 5000ha farm in the Underberg region of KwaZulu Natal
- 2500 head of beef cattle
- 6000 Merino sheep
- Construction of 4 x dams
- Erection of centre pivots & drag line irrigation
- 70ha of seed potatoes
- 110ha maize & soya
- 120ha pasture all under centre pivots
- 300ha of dry land crops, hay and pastures
- Beef feedlot, feeding 750 head
- The management of plains game
Agricultural consulting and development, working in Zambia, DRC and Mozambique specialising in:
- Livestock
- Potatoes
- Cropping
- Setting up of social responsibility programs for livestock and cropping
- Consulting to a 38 000ha farming operation in Zambia,
- Building their livestock breeding herd from 600 to 2500 breeding cows.
- Expanding and rebuilding a feedlot from 120 animals to 15000 oxen standing in the feedlot.
- Formulating and sourcing products for feedlot rations.
- Planning and development of an on-farm abattoir.
- Planning and development of meat retail businesses in the cities.
- Setting up a socially responsible program to hand over the enterprises to local citizens, working for the company.
- Setting up an out-grower scheme to supply the feedlot with local cattle and support the surrounding farmers.
Underberg
- Consulting to an IT company who have acquired land in the Underberg area.
- Developing a model farm and Eco. Estate.
- Setting up an Aquaponic vegetable enterprise.
- Setting up a microbrewery and restaurant.
Nigeria
- Consulting to Quinn McGrath Agri for the establishment of a 53000 head feedlot from greenfield status to fully developed.
- Planning feedlot
- Planning feed mill
- Developing rations
- Planning water reticulation
- Planning abattoir
- Planning value added chain.
- Planning crops and home-grown feeds for use in the feed