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<blockquote data-quote="Rob Atkinson" data-source="post: 12430" data-attributes="member: 362"><p>Well I got $5kg for my pasture bush last season and I haven't been told if it will be more than that this season.</p><p>The good news is my buyer has rung me 3 times to see if I've got honey in a drum yet . He doesn't buy Manuka which I've got most of the last 3 seasons sitting in a shed , my Manuka buyers aren't interested at present. </p><p>Got 1 more yard to get off this week and get the supers to the extraction plant .</p><p>Bit late I know but we had to get the queen rearing out of the way first .</p><p>A honey buyer hasn't paid a customer so he hasn't paid me for queens so that sucks a bit ! Fingers crossed for this week </p><p>I've started my other job of pregnancy scanning milking goats and sheep . Handy to have income outside the bee industry </p><p>We are not the only industry in the doldrums, The milking goat co-op has down graded payments , so they are basically covering costs .</p><p>No real market for goats , as most are downsizing to reduce costs , production has been pegged to 80% of shareholding </p><p>1 client has merged 2 farms into 1 and renting the shed out on decommissioned farm .</p><p>Another has got his farm up for auction at end of month , he's had enough but wether he can get out is the question.</p><p>I get to cheer them up by telling them how poor the honey industry is doing 🤣</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rob Atkinson, post: 12430, member: 362"] Well I got $5kg for my pasture bush last season and I haven't been told if it will be more than that this season. The good news is my buyer has rung me 3 times to see if I've got honey in a drum yet . He doesn't buy Manuka which I've got most of the last 3 seasons sitting in a shed , my Manuka buyers aren't interested at present. Got 1 more yard to get off this week and get the supers to the extraction plant . Bit late I know but we had to get the queen rearing out of the way first . A honey buyer hasn't paid a customer so he hasn't paid me for queens so that sucks a bit ! Fingers crossed for this week I've started my other job of pregnancy scanning milking goats and sheep . Handy to have income outside the bee industry We are not the only industry in the doldrums, The milking goat co-op has down graded payments , so they are basically covering costs . No real market for goats , as most are downsizing to reduce costs , production has been pegged to 80% of shareholding 1 client has merged 2 farms into 1 and renting the shed out on decommissioned farm . Another has got his farm up for auction at end of month , he's had enough but wether he can get out is the question. I get to cheer them up by telling them how poor the honey industry is doing 🤣 [/QUOTE]
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