A final opportunity to profit from the bumper 2018 gold kiwifruit season has generated strong investor interest says rural investment specialist, MyFarm.
Top stories in this week's MyFarm Agri-Globe:
Hail, bio-security incursions, market oversupply, long lead times between planting nursery trees and harvesting. These are all risks in a horticultural business.
Zespri's global marketing success and careful control of plant variety rights has made it almost impossible for investors to access the gold kiwifruit sector.
Shares, fixed interest, cash, real assets. These are the normal investment categories considered by investors and investment advisers.
A robust start to the year across financial and commodity markets the USD excepted:
It has been a fairly busy first 2 weeks in global markets featuring robust equity and commodity market performances and significant USD weakness.
In a sense the latter is the more important factor for the NZ rural community with offsetting impacts.
A $13 million investment into orchards growing the niche export apple brand RockitTM, has been oversubscribed.
Grant Payton
Karen Richardson