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The on-going up hill battle that is agriculture.....
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<blockquote data-quote="kiwi pom" data-source="post: 7550096" data-attributes="member: 946"><p>You don't need to be a processor or retailer (not a bad idea though) but you need a market for your produce that leaves a good return. I think that's the biggest difference I've noticed since being here, farmers know the market they're producing for and either own some of it, like co op's or partnerships, have direct contracts or develop their own market.</p><p>Much of the UK stuff seems to be, produce what you want, how you want, then look round for a buyer and hope its paying ok.</p><p>The lack of interest in finding a market seems to have produced a lot more middlemen all taking a cut.</p><p>It's probably a scale thing too, hard to know how many acres TFF posters have but I'd bet a living can be made there on less acres than here?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="kiwi pom, post: 7550096, member: 946"] You don't need to be a processor or retailer (not a bad idea though) but you need a market for your produce that leaves a good return. I think that's the biggest difference I've noticed since being here, farmers know the market they're producing for and either own some of it, like co op's or partnerships, have direct contracts or develop their own market. Much of the UK stuff seems to be, produce what you want, how you want, then look round for a buyer and hope its paying ok. The lack of interest in finding a market seems to have produced a lot more middlemen all taking a cut. It's probably a scale thing too, hard to know how many acres TFF posters have but I'd bet a living can be made there on less acres than here? [/QUOTE]
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