Environmental, agricultural & forestry education
owner/operator with grazing rights leased out
migrate some products to derive increased margins
Our trees are completly non profitable now, as we have NO mills and the freight makes it uneconomic.ie. Export logs $75 ton (freight $38, loggers $29, management $5, some other obsquire cost $4,   .. My return .16 cents per ton!!! Also the mill
left school to work on town supply dairy farm
Have not worked on any farms/forests - shareholder only
For fun. Challange myself and try to make  a bigger better business
having all grazing and supplements underown control
There is a limit to the degree  we should intensify but if you stand still you are going backwards. Inflation will beat you.
subdivice, expand, reconfigure the farm operation
Son wants to use land under forest for his pigs
Grazing lease is only practicable use of flat land
As I lost my husband , farm is now leased
profit & scale (ability to employ someone)
Develop new permaculture land systems with appropriate mixed silviculture and some equine and eco-tourism enterprises.
Retirement FROM my p/t academic private tutoring TO : learning, utilising and teaching principles of permaculture, sustainability, non-fossil fuel energy systems, and multi-species silviculture with imbedded native eco-systems.
Because it is what NZ and the world needs and I can become a leader by example in this. It would also give me a more satisfying lifestyle, with rewards on many levels.
Our operation is based on care of the land and cattle is a part of the management plan. We anticipate further cattle reductions as more land is planted in timber crops or native plantings
owner considers he is not getting enogh return on his money
my invention will open new doors not only for nz but also for growing chemical free or a reduction in there use read the coming issue of the grower magazine
Husband died - cannot manage this block by myself
not used previously, covered with gorse which we have eradicated
Greater farm area to support non-farming operational activities of the retirement village
expanmd our life style activites to include family members
We have lost a substantsual amount of money in the pig industry to the point where there is no way of being able to continue
there might be someone interested in the piggery
spread financial risk and expand organic production area
Professional engineer and computer programmer
Diversification adjacent forestry land possibly available
Son coming home to start farming in 12 mths time
land will be used by new purchaser for something different
by taking young stock off the milking area
making the farm a milking platform  only
Our primary on-farm income now comes from accommodation - it would make sense to subdivide the accommodation/visitor business from the rest.
To pursue greater profilatbility through non-farming enterprise ie accommodation/tourism
Just need to reduce so I am not working so many hours