Thread: Possum Fur Buyers and Prices

New email today from BB.....

Hi All
Been a while since we had an update
There has been lots happening. The main topic I have to talk about is price. This season has seen the fur price hold quite well. It has been a while since we were able to hold prices at this level at this time of the year. Demand from NZ market has been strong and looks to stay this way for the next several months.This has enabled us to negotiate a significant lift in price to the hunter . While we appreciate that it is very late in the season to be doing this we hope that it will encourage you to keep harvesting over the summer months .As of tomorrow (21st) we will be paying $130/kg for all types. This should stay in effect untill the end of march 2019.
The tourist market is strong ,and a weaker NZ dollar is helping as well. Several of the kintters have strong export programmes that have increased their demand for yarn,all in all good news for hunters.

It is clear to us that htere are not as many possums around for havesting as there used to be. It is very frustrating to us ( all of the possum industry) that we continue to get very little recognition of the very significant contribution that this industry makes to possum control and the 2050 agenda, Our political leaders need to sit up and take notice.

On another note in the new year we will be looking to build teams that can get into the back country where there are good numbers. If you think that this is someting you could be interested in contact Scott Candy on the following email address.
scott.candy@basicallybush.co.nz
As we develop some more detail around this we will put it out for discussion
Thats it for now

Steve B