free range chickens and pigs
momentum is building up for a law change
watch the 10acre blocks boom.
trouble is most of the horsey folks already own those blocks.
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free range chickens and pigs
momentum is building up for a law change
watch the 10acre blocks boom.
trouble is most of the horsey folks already own those blocks.
My guess: dairy- again! The first 'farming fad' to make a comeback. Why? Because Fonterra is a globally sized marketing company that is behind the farmers. Unlike apples and lamb where alternative NZ suppliers bid down each other's returns, the dairy farmers are well organised and largely united. They have learned their market lesson not to raise cheese prices too fast and kill off overseas demand.
It is the same with kiwifruit who have now recovered by uniting under the Zespri brand and developing the innovative 'gold kiwifruit' and kiwiberries. Get the marketing to the supply chain sorted and returns to farmers will flow.
SNOOPY
Does it really matter what the next gold rush is in farming as PGW the merchant will make money selling the picks etc to the miner farmers whatever they farm.
Long term PGG Wrightson should be looking to the global seed market. If their R&D is in place now and they have the right research partners in the right markets, they could position themselves to be a world leader.
All in good time...
Agree with percy about PGW as core supplier, and snoopy re Norgate and South American butterflies. Now seems to be the best time to top-up on PGW for the very long term, won't have this opportunity again after europe rights itself next week ...
I hear pigs and eggs getting more popular too, neopole...
Don't think so.
The 10 acre block can only sell to those who can afford to patronise the local "Farmers Market". They can't sell to the chains - nowhere near enough volume. And how on earth would one get a slice of the action ?
Of course, if the 10-acre-block-owners all got together, they could form a "strategic alliance" - maybe even a co-operative !
Then we could go through New Zealand farming history all over again !
Yippee ! Deja vu ?
NZs biggest free range egg producer is bending over backwards to find people to produce free range eggs for them.
whats needed is 10 acres of flat land and no close neighbours or very accomodating neighbours.
same will go for pigs once a co- op of sorts is organised......... and its starting to happen.
heres the link
http://www.frenzs.co.nz/
What is the word on the RPC "overhang"? After all, these will either be sold or distributed to those who may choose to sell.
Gidday Enumerate
46,764,868/758,440,543 = about a sixteenth or 6%
I emailed the trustee asking for my allocation to then file in the bottom drawer, rather than a block sale.
If they don't do as I asked, I hope that 6% is a nice parcel for someone to add to, or start a stake with & maybe a fairish price may be extracted.
I suppose the trustee can't play god with peoples money & timeliness will be the key. Who can guess tommorows market??