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Post by TrapperRon on Feb 7, 2015 10:36:56 GMT -6
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Post by bblwi on Feb 7, 2015 15:32:52 GMT -6
Lot of fur for what seems to be a soft market. We will see how successful the sales will be in moving 600k of coons, almost 500k of rats and nearly 4 million ranch mink. Could be a tall order or maybe the storage sheds will be full for a bit longer.
Bryce
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Post by trappincoyotes39 on Feb 7, 2015 16:59:00 GMT -6
Next year does not sound good, but will mean less people once again in the field of trapping has always had its's up and downs and next year will be a down little doubts in that.
Just means harvest will be off for a period of time, how long who knows but that will in time clean out the surplus once again and prices will come back at some point.
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Post by leghorn on Feb 11, 2015 12:41:20 GMT -6
Supply seems to be overtaking the demand .
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Post by bblwi on Feb 11, 2015 14:06:58 GMT -6
It is really not about over production or too much supply when there is not any demand. During high market cycles there is not enough fur and sometimes that is a lot more than is in the supply chain today. Much of the northern European ranch fur is part of their subsidy system similar to our ag subsidies so therefor one does not see as much cut back in production during lower market cycles as you would if there were no protections. The small nation of Denmark about 60-65% of the size of WI produces over 14 million ranch mink per year! The total for the USA is about 3.5 million ranch mink per year. Interesting that very socialistic nations that have reputations for being extremely liberal and lots of anti fur etc. are among the leading nations for ranch fur, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Netherlands, Poland etc. Only China at 12 million mink is not a northern Western Developed nation with a large ranch fur industry.
Bryce
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Post by trappincoyotes39 on Feb 11, 2015 16:35:36 GMT -6
We shall see what percentage of this gets sold or not and at what prices.
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Post by bblwi on Feb 11, 2015 18:27:12 GMT -6
In a down market as this is looking to be clearance is probably a bigger deal then price will be. If the coon market is indeed selective for only the better goods then a decent price could appear but clearances will be low if not very low and carrying over a million coon into a harvest season is not a good deal at all.
Bryce
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