The cattle on Dubane are enjoying a wetter than usual season! Great rains with a very positive impact on the ranch.
Exciting progress continues to be made on Dubane Ranch, the team on the ground are working tirelessly to accomplish our vision of being the leading cattle breeders in Zimbabwe while contributing to the growth and re-establishment of the national herd. Dubane is the largest ranch we currently occupy, unfortunately the ranch has been derelict and under utilised for more than two decades, as a result we have embarked on a massive, very modern approach to the reestablishment of the ranch.
Roads have now been reconstructed along with drainage in all the correct places, this has been essential to allow feasible access to these properties and bring in cattle, feed trucks and requirements such as fencing, water reticulation, building materials, etc. We recently documented some of the progress on the ranch, specifically:
Water Development - When we first occupied Dubane ranch very few water points were operational, a lot of work has gone into locating pipelines and water extraction from any available sources. We are currently in the process of reinstalling all the original pipelines ( +/- 80km ) and additional water sources to plumb to the new network. There are also various sand extraction points that have been very successful in pumping water for the cattle to drink.
Pregnancy Diagnosis - This year we achieved a PD of 88%The PD are attributed to paying constant attention to the breeding herds, this includes:1- Bull soundness2- Cows having enough pastures to ovulate3- Free from both internal and external parasites4- Vaccine Schedule up to date5- Summer mineral licks' much detail has to be looked at to get the results we got this year of 88%.
Frequently Asked Questions
To invest with Mombe Mari please contact any of the following people and they will get your investment sorted.
ted@silverback.co.zw
andrew@silverback.co.zw
gamu@silverback.co.zw
paul@silverback.co.zw
The minimum investment amount is $5000USD payable in RTGS.
The website used to ascertain free market rate of exchange between local currency (RTGS ZWL) and United States Dollars at the time of investment or redemption is https://www.marketwatch.co.zw.
Apart from hedging investment against the world price of beef, interest is earned at rates ranging from 4% to 8% per annum (depending on value and period of investment) and compounded monthly.
6 Months
Fabwell Farming (Private) Limited, trading as ‘Mombe Mari’ (Hereinafter ‘Fabwell’) is offering an alternative, unique opportunity to invest in a large scale beef breeding company and receive full benefits of secured currency depreciation protection and real value growth, leaving the management of underlying operations to successful specialists.
In essence Fabwell’s investment product offering is a commodity denominated, fixed return, secured debenture. The main attraction is that Fabwell will take local RTGS/ZWL investment (expended in farming operations) and convert into a secure debenture representing a certain number of kilograms of live cattle, earning a fixed return in kilograms
An investor’s money is immediately converted from local currency into United States Dollars and then into kilograms of beef at world price plus 1% upon investing.
Apart from hedging investment against the world price of beef, interest is earned at rates ranging from 4% to 8% per annum (depending on value and period of investment) and compounded monthly.
Upon redeeming investments, payment will be made at world price less 1%, once again multiplied by the free market rate of local currency (RTGS ZWL).
The website used to ascertain free market rate of exchange between local currency (RTGS ZWL) and United States Dollars at the time of investment or redemption is https://www.marketwatch.co.zw.
The website is used to obtain the average world live cattle price in United States Dollars at the time of investment or redemption is https://markets.businessinsider.com/commodities/live-cattle-price.
Yes you can.
The website used to ascertain free market rate of exchange between local currency (RTGS ZWL) and United States Dollars at the time of investment or redemption is https://www.marketwatch.co.zw.
We are running 3 ranches currently.
Norton
Dubane ( Near Gwanda )
Mapaneni ( Kezi District )
When you redeem your investment you cannot take your cattle out.
It is argued that fiat currency based investments create illusions of wealth, whereas commodity based investments provide clarity as the results are tangible and reflect actual asset value. Historically, in Africa, people have always measured and kept wealth in cattle. An investment, which locks value in internationally recognized commodities, which are easily redeemable, resonates well with the economic psyche of the continent. The intrinsic value of beef in Africa is unquestionable, thus an investment denominated in kilograms of live beef is undoubtedly sound and stable.
60,000+
