Natalia, A+ on your response! 'Grazing is a business' says it all, and
reflects the need all of us face to adapt grazing 'rules' to fit our own
farms and insure profitability. Could we get you to visit grazing farms here
in NENYS,USA? Dick Conklin
----- Original Message -----
From: "Natalia Roschina" <natalianz@hotmail.com>
To: <graze-l@witt.ac.nz>
Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2004 1:26 AM
Subject: Re: [Graze-l] Visiting NZ this June
> Dick Conklin wrote:
> > Hi Natalia, Sounds like a great trip! But aren't your climate and soil
> types
> > different from NZ?
>
> The man I took to NZ is starting a goat farm in Brazil. He has just quit
> his work in Japan, and is permanently moving to Brazil next week. Climate
> in Brazil is not that different from NZ, and if we are talking of climate
in
> Japan, Japan is a big place. I come from Hokkaido where it snows a lot in
> winter, my client was from the main island Honshu where it hardly ever
> snows. Everyone is different, so might be a good idea not to make
> assumptions about people just based on the country they live in.
> : )
> (I am a Russian-born New Zealander living in Japan for over 8 years now,
and
> many people don't actually believe it, but it is not my problem!)
>
> Another thing about studying goats or anything else agri related in NZ is
> not all grazing is about climate and soil types. Grazing is a business as
I
> see it, and many skills are needed to make it succeed. The Agricultural
> Fieldays held in Hamilton, NZ, every year is an amazing event to which I
> always travel with my clients. You can get all sorts of ideas for
thinking
> outside the box and making your grazing biz succeed, meet all sorts of
> interesting people who can help your grazing biz in the future, see the
> latest products and inventions, network and more.
>
> We went to the Fieldays for all four days, spending half of the day
visiting
> farms, cheese factories, etc, and half of the day at the Fieldays.
Hamilton
> is a great place that allows to make it all possible without having to
> travel for miles.
>
> Hope this makes it a bit more clear.
>
> Have a nice day!
>
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