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<blockquote data-quote="frazzledfozzle" data-source="post: 2426" data-attributes="member: 57"><p>“The only real difference from having the Manuka definition is the price in non-Mono honeys has plummeted.”</p><p></p><p>what part of this is spot on ?</p><p>Ive asked [USER=63]@Dennis Crowley[/USER] more than once but he won’t or can’t reply.</p><p></p><p>if mono manuka is still selling and prices haven’t plummeted why is it impossible to sell mono manuka to a packer..any packer ?</p><p></p><p>I read a very interesting article recently from a beekeeping company up north that I think explains what is happening because it makes sense to me but it’s not something I’d thought about.</p><p></p><p>Their reckoning on what’s happening in the market with the lack of buyers for mono and the low prices paid if you can get someone to buy is this.</p><p></p><p>Packers are buying cheap non manuka with high markers in some fields ( 2map) from the likes of Northland and blending it with cheap non manuka honey with low markers ( 2map) from everywhere else.</p><p>mix them together and you have mono manuka for the princely sum of $4.50kg.</p><p>Why buy a bee made 5+ mono for $20 when you can cobble together a recipe in a mixing tank for cheap.</p><p></p><p>Are they right ?....I suspect they are.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="frazzledfozzle, post: 2426, member: 57"] “The only real difference from having the Manuka definition is the price in non-Mono honeys has plummeted.” what part of this is spot on ? Ive asked [USER=63]@Dennis Crowley[/USER] more than once but he won’t or can’t reply. if mono manuka is still selling and prices haven’t plummeted why is it impossible to sell mono manuka to a packer..any packer ? I read a very interesting article recently from a beekeeping company up north that I think explains what is happening because it makes sense to me but it’s not something I’d thought about. Their reckoning on what’s happening in the market with the lack of buyers for mono and the low prices paid if you can get someone to buy is this. Packers are buying cheap non manuka with high markers in some fields ( 2map) from the likes of Northland and blending it with cheap non manuka honey with low markers ( 2map) from everywhere else. mix them together and you have mono manuka for the princely sum of $4.50kg. Why buy a bee made 5+ mono for $20 when you can cobble together a recipe in a mixing tank for cheap. Are they right ?....I suspect they are. [/QUOTE]
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