Irwin Hamilton Wrote: > Hearing reports of honey being sold for .65/lb FROM WESTERN CANADA But no mention of which currency. Ian Steppler expressed confusion of the currency: > Wow! I doubt that! Especially if your talking Canadian. > Even if your quoting US dollars, that about 75cents/lbs, and then Irwin continued with, > Well here in CANADA we don't sell it, we give it away. Have just > received a report of honey moving at .65 cents per lb. But again forgot to mention a currency. Murray McGregor with a very informative response wrote: > 65c US...........that would be............USD 1430/tonne.....ex works. So Murray thinks it's US$ Dave Tharle reports: > A pile of honey left beekeepers warehouses over the last 6 > weeks at $.75 Can (including a good chunk out of MB), So it's looking like the original .65/lb quote is actually US$ given Ian Steppler's calculations. But Ian then states: > Anyone selling at 65cents Canadian is foolish, and > stupid if they passed over 95cents to take 65cents now. Doesnt it seem a > little funny to you? Why we allow the packers walk over us every year, Looks to me like the rumour .65/lb has become Candian $ and in turn has become "fact". Beekeepers don't need packers to walk over them, they do it themselves by not representing the facts clearly. Cheers, Peter Bray _________________________________________________________ Airborne Honey Ltd., Pennington St, PO Box 28, Leeston, New Zealand Fax 64-3-324-3236, Phone 64-3-324-3569 http://www.airborne.co.nz [log in to unmask] *********************************************************************************** * Full guidelines for BEE-L posting are at: * * http://www.honeybeeworld.com/bee-l/guidelines.htm * ***********************************************************************************