Mechanization makes its appearance. While the threshing machine is busy, on the floor the grain is loaded for dispatch. (On the surface it would appear as if there are as many workers as there are bags!) Products-handling OTK was initially established to handle grain from its members, yet over time other activities resulted from this. For example, the milling industry played an important role. With the closure of 1978, the turnover had already reached R43, 8 million. It was a long and arduous road to get to where the Cooperative finds itself today. If one thinks of seed supply, the silos and barns for bulk handling of grain, the safe storage of grain on behalf of the governing bodies and all the other technical requirements that must be met, the feedlots, livestock feed factory, etc. then you realise that the Products section, is indeed the sturdy pillar that the Co-operative may rely on. 84
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