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DripTech Irrigation is huge. Just look at their range of products and services: pumps, irrigation systems, filters and fittings, pipes, generators, solar panels, tanks. My guess is that some of the people behind businesses like this were former white commercial farmers or grew up in commercial farming families. Nearly... 26 years after land reform, it makes sense. They already had the technical knowledge, farming experience, and industry networks. Rather than leaving agriculture, they transitioned into agribusiness, consultancy, design, installation, and technical support. Skills and expertise don't disappear. They adapt, evolve, and find new opportunities. You can't keep a good man down. DripTech Irrigation will be exhibiting at ADMA Agrishow from 4–6 June.show more

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RaiZel

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JOE LONSDALE: DOGE CAN’T BE STOPPED BECAUSE IT’S A VERY TECHNICAL TEAM “I have mentors in the Reagan administration who came in looking for [government waste]. Those people were not technical. When they went to the bureaucracy, and they asked questions, there are so many ways of obscuring and blocking and deterring. Elon got root access, and he went to the tech systems themselves. No one has done this ever. No president had ever had tech people around him. They went to the systems, and they started finding things like, my goodness. These people who work for the agencies tried to confront them and say, no, you can't look at the systems. They're freaking out. It's very transparent: They went to the systems, they actually saw the payments and the payments were going out to crazy shit. There were [duplicated] payments to people with the same Social Security numbers and payments to people with no number. There are payments to Internews Network, which is training media all around the world on how to have a certain point of view that's very left. I think this is amazing, but people want to slow them down. Do they want to slow them down from stopping their grift? This is really the biggest question here.” CNBC, February 12, 2025, Joe Lonsdale , Department of Government Efficiency

JOE LONSDALE: DOGE CAN’T BE STOPPED BECAUSE IT’S A VERY TECHNICAL TEAM “I have mentors in the Reagan administration who came in looking for [government waste]. Those people were not technical. When they went to the bureaucracy, and they asked questions, there are so many ways of obscuring and blocking and deterring. Elon got root access, and he went to the tech systems themselves. No one has done this ever. No president had ever had tech people around him. They went to the systems, and they started finding things like, my goodness. These people who work for the agencies tried to confront them and say, no, you can't look at the systems. They're freaking out. It's very transparent: They went to the systems, they actually saw the payments and the payments were going out to crazy shit. There were [duplicated] payments to people with the same Social Security numbers and payments to people with no number. There are payments to Internews Network, which is training media all around the world on how to have a certain point of view that's very left. I think this is amazing, but people want to slow them down. Do they want to slow them down from stopping their grift? This is really the biggest question here.” CNBC, February 12, 2025, Joe Lonsdale , Department of Government Efficiency

Mario Nawfal

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UPS worker says the company is offering buyouts to workers, the official reason is a pay them to quit so they can reduce their workforce But she says that’s not what’s happening. She says they are just rehiring different drivers to fill the positions at much lower wages “At least at my hub, which I know quite a few other hubs might be doing this too, now they're hiring people. And what they're doing is they're getting rid of the people at the higher rate and they're hiring them at the lower rate because we have a scaled progression and it takes 4 years to hit top scale” “So that's why they offered the buyout. Now they hired new people at half the rate” She says the company has also gotten very stingy “UPS used to hand out like turkeys and hams, and they used to give us a bunch of free stuff, and they would have raffles, and they really like gave you the sense of like they really cared about you as a person, and they cared about you because you were a part of the company. And now things aren't necessarily like that anymore, but I feel like that's like that in most places. Society has really moved away from us being a community and more into it's all about profit margins, which is just sad” I looked into it and these senior drivers make $120,000–$160,000+ when including benefits and overtime If you fire them and rehire new workers, the new workers only make $50,000 – $80,000+ in the first 1–2 years This saves the company a huge amount of money

UPS worker says the company is offering buyouts to workers, the official reason is a pay them to quit so they can reduce their workforce But she says that’s not what’s happening. She says they are just rehiring different drivers to fill the positions at much lower wages “At least at my hub, which I know quite a few other hubs might be doing this too, now they're hiring people. And what they're doing is they're getting rid of the people at the higher rate and they're hiring them at the lower rate because we have a scaled progression and it takes 4 years to hit top scale” “So that's why they offered the buyout. Now they hired new people at half the rate” She says the company has also gotten very stingy “UPS used to hand out like turkeys and hams, and they used to give us a bunch of free stuff, and they would have raffles, and they really like gave you the sense of like they really cared about you as a person, and they cared about you because you were a part of the company. And now things aren't necessarily like that anymore, but I feel like that's like that in most places. Society has really moved away from us being a community and more into it's all about profit margins, which is just sad” I looked into it and these senior drivers make $120,000–$160,000+ when including benefits and overtime If you fire them and rehire new workers, the new workers only make $50,000 – $80,000+ in the first 1–2 years This saves the company a huge amount of money

Wall Street Apes

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PR agencies, part 1: When do you need one and who should you hire? Super common question. I've cofounded an agency and worked with at least a dozen others, and here's my answer. First, going direct as a founder doesn't mean executing every comms tactic, just as being a technical founder doesn't mean writing every line of code. If you can't keep up with all the comms work that needs to be done, you're a bottleneck and need to get help. And while you should never outsource the story and strategy, a good agency can help with crafting pitches, doing outreach, or managing a project like a launch or crisis. Finding strong writers is hard, so unless you luck out, you’re better off doing the writing yourself. Even if it’s mid, at least it’ll be mid in your voice. What are your options for PR agencies? Start with referrals from other founders. While people in the industry might want to advocate for friends or bash competitors, founders will usually give a frank assessment of their experience. Different kinds of agencies: 1) Large global agencies, eg Brunswick, Edelman, Sard 2) Boutique agencies specializing in corporate comms and special situations, eg Milltown or my former firm TrailRunner 3) Agencies specializing in tech startups, eg Outcast, Six Eastern, The Bulleit Group 4) Comms shops embedded with lobbying firms, eg Invariant or Tusk Strategies 5) Great freelancers like Cristin Culver, Cameron Langford, many others How do you choose the best agency? Look at the people on the team. Sometimes the person pitching is great but it's a different person doing the work. Always meet the "real" team and account lead. Consider: 1) How quickly are they sending you a proposal? This is the fastest and most responsive they will ever be, so use this to evaluate their operational tempo and make sure it keeps up with yours. 2) Is the proposal good? And by good, I mean: is the writing clear and precise? Are they asking the right questions? Are their ideas and their assumptions sound? Do they have a sense of aesthetic? Is what you’ve told them reflected correctly; did they know what to do with the information? 3) How badly do they want the business? Is it excitement about your mission (good) or desperation to land business (bad)? 4) Who’s recommending them? Are their former clients the kinds of companies you want to emulate: Do you respect the taste and judgment of people who like their work? If they have a logo in their marketing materials and you call the founder, does the backchannel review match the company’s representation? A lot of people will agree to an endorsement just to be nice, but their private assessment might differ. 5) Do they “get it”? Can they instinctively pick up on problems or opportunities without you telling them? 6) Do they know the players in the space? Actually know them, not relying on Google or AI or databases to look them up and find their emails? You want people on a texting basis with at least some of the influential people you want to speak to.

Lulu Cheng Meservey

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#AgricultureKeyToZimRecovery For Zimbabwe to ensure economic recovery after years of destruction through a chaotic land reform programme, poor governance and bad policies, it first needs to revive the economic mainstay - agriculture. Reviving agriculture is a critical pillar for restoring Zimbabwe's economy, but success depends heavily on nunber of critical issues: Policy, securing property rights, funding, investment, infrastructure and markets alongside serious land utilisation. Agriculture historically supports a large percentage of the population and drives manufacturing and export earnings. Putting idle land - a lot of farms lie derelict 26 years after the land redistribution disruptions - into production will help to ensure food security and reduce reliance on food imports, stabilises local prices and enhance economic activity. Land tenure and property rights are key in all this. Farmers need secure, transferable land titles or long-term leases to access bank loans and invest in equipment. Production requires reliable access to water (irrigation), electricity, affordable fertiliser, infrastructure and functioning transport networks to get crops to market. And restoring productivity needs substantial capital or funding for mechanisation and modern farming technology. Take for instance the Katiyo Estates. The former tea-producing Katiyo Estate in Zimbabwe's Honde Valley has been successfully transformed into a thriving agricultural hub focusing on macadamia nuts and avocados. The once-abandoned estate was revived through a joint venture partnership initiated in 2017 between private investor Cicada Agriculture and the state-owned Agricultural and Rural Development Authority. They shifted from struggling legacy tea crops to over 1 300 hectares of high-value export crops, primarily avocados and macadamias. First commercial yields have been successfully harvested and packed for European markets. This involved rebuilding irrigation systems, restored housing, and installing a dedicated 1.2MW solar photovoltaic plant for self-sustained clean energy. This re-established local employment, housing, and a collaborative livestock management programme. If such productive work can be done systematically and on a large scale across Zimbabwe, then the economic will have a strong base to recover on, back to wholesome state again, and put the economy on a genuine and sustainable recovery path.

#AgricultureKeyToZimRecovery For Zimbabwe to ensure economic recovery after years of destruction through a chaotic land reform programme, poor governance and bad policies, it first needs to revive the economic mainstay - agriculture. Reviving agriculture is a critical pillar for restoring Zimbabwe's economy, but success depends heavily on nunber of critical issues: Policy, securing property rights, funding, investment, infrastructure and markets alongside serious land utilisation. Agriculture historically supports a large percentage of the population and drives manufacturing and export earnings. Putting idle land - a lot of farms lie derelict 26 years after the land redistribution disruptions - into production will help to ensure food security and reduce reliance on food imports, stabilises local prices and enhance economic activity. Land tenure and property rights are key in all this. Farmers need secure, transferable land titles or long-term leases to access bank loans and invest in equipment. Production requires reliable access to water (irrigation), electricity, affordable fertiliser, infrastructure and functioning transport networks to get crops to market. And restoring productivity needs substantial capital or funding for mechanisation and modern farming technology. Take for instance the Katiyo Estates. The former tea-producing Katiyo Estate in Zimbabwe's Honde Valley has been successfully transformed into a thriving agricultural hub focusing on macadamia nuts and avocados. The once-abandoned estate was revived through a joint venture partnership initiated in 2017 between private investor Cicada Agriculture and the state-owned Agricultural and Rural Development Authority. They shifted from struggling legacy tea crops to over 1 300 hectares of high-value export crops, primarily avocados and macadamias. First commercial yields have been successfully harvested and packed for European markets. This involved rebuilding irrigation systems, restored housing, and installing a dedicated 1.2MW solar photovoltaic plant for self-sustained clean energy. This re-established local employment, housing, and a collaborative livestock management programme. If such productive work can be done systematically and on a large scale across Zimbabwe, then the economic will have a strong base to recover on, back to wholesome state again, and put the economy on a genuine and sustainable recovery path.

TheNewsHawks

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