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<blockquote data-quote="regolith" data-source="post: 759248" data-attributes="member: 9267"><p>I've heard a few theories by now. One thing is obvious - this year farms are not selling; plenty on the market but sellers are holding out for more than buyers will pay I suppose.</p><p>That means sharemilkers on the top of the heap aren't making the step up to farm ownership. Which is preventing movement at the lower levels as well.</p><p></p><p>My stock agent reckons he's been around long enough to have seen another situation that has come together this year - cow prices have been steadily dropping for two years, while the milk price has gone up. Financially, a farm owner can take advantage of that by not renewing their sharemilker's contract, buying cows and putting a manager on (paying the guy wages), or sometimes farm owners buy cows and go back to milking them themselves when times are hard.</p><p>My farm owners are buying cows, have turfed me out one year into a three year contract. I didn't suspect them of the above because it's obvious that what they want is total control - and I would hope that by now they've realised a herd-owning 50/50 sharemilker is not their personal slave.</p><p></p><p>Anyway, I got that PO Box yesterday, came home to a message asking me to call a farm owner and I'm going to discuss options with him next week... maybe something's in the pipeline for me and the remaining 185 cows, maybe not.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="regolith, post: 759248, member: 9267"] I've heard a few theories by now. One thing is obvious - this year farms are not selling; plenty on the market but sellers are holding out for more than buyers will pay I suppose. That means sharemilkers on the top of the heap aren't making the step up to farm ownership. Which is preventing movement at the lower levels as well. My stock agent reckons he's been around long enough to have seen another situation that has come together this year - cow prices have been steadily dropping for two years, while the milk price has gone up. Financially, a farm owner can take advantage of that by not renewing their sharemilker's contract, buying cows and putting a manager on (paying the guy wages), or sometimes farm owners buy cows and go back to milking them themselves when times are hard. My farm owners are buying cows, have turfed me out one year into a three year contract. I didn't suspect them of the above because it's obvious that what they want is total control - and I would hope that by now they've realised a herd-owning 50/50 sharemilker is not their personal slave. Anyway, I got that PO Box yesterday, came home to a message asking me to call a farm owner and I'm going to discuss options with him next week... maybe something's in the pipeline for me and the remaining 185 cows, maybe not. [/QUOTE]
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