Masamba is one of the large agricultural areas in North Luwu. Various commodities are there, one of which is corn. Masamba and its surroundings are one of the large corn-producing areas. There are tens of thousands of tons of corn that can be produced annually in the area. There are farmers, it is certain that there are buyers of corn. Indotani is one of the many buyers in Masamba. Indotani does not only buy corn from program farmers but also from non-program farmers.

In buying and selling activities carried out by Indotani, there are various challenges that are often faced. Farmers in Masamba generally sell their corn dry, but it is not uncommon to find farmers selling their corn wet. When they want to sell it wet, the price of the corn they get will be cheaper, because the buyer has to pay for drying the corn. The main problem when trying to do a drying program is the weather.

The weather in Masamba City is not like Indonesian weather in general. In Masamba itself, it cannot be predicted when the rainy season will come and when it will be summer. The weather in Masamba generally changes every year, this year it could be April to August the rainy season while the following year it could be April to August is the summer. This is of course a difficulty for farmers because there is no good weather prediction in this city and this affects the level of sales of wet corn by farmers in certain months.

When someone decides to buy corn, of course, the corn will be sent to several feedmills in Makassar. Indotani is also like that, but the problem when buying wet corn like the one above is that it can't be sent directly to the Feedmill. The distance between Masamba City and Makassar City takes approximately 12 hours.