What I have seen in the last few weeks on the Farms of America

I have been traveling a great deal on assignment.  That means that I get to tour nurseries everywhere.  I also get an inside look at production.

Here's a truth some may not want to hear.

There are a LOT of young trees in the ground right now.  I saw whips to 1 1/2" everywhere.  The crop looks good.  There is land being put into production that has been out for the last 5 years.  Old overgrown trees are being removed by bulldozer.  The land is being reclaimed and new stock is going in.

In Tennessee's McMinnville area which had been pronounced dead, is very much alive.  And expanding.

And the quality is up a great deal.  All this means that pressure on supply that kept product in shortage is about to change.  We are about to see that old bugaboo surplus hit the fan again.  Not for a year or two but that train is already on the track and moving.

So, do your best, keep up the narrative but be ready to move with the market as it moves.  It will.

Bob Dylan just won the Nobel Price for Literature.  Well deserved.  I"m a fan.  But he has a comment on the nursery stock shortage... "The times they are a changin"

 

 

It's been a Year like we haven't had for a while

 Lots of product being moved.  But the pipeline is filling up.  I see a train a-coming, coming round the bend.  There are going to be more sales and consolidations. 

Recently I was involved in the Marketing and Sale of the Former Anna Nursery to Schowpe

Brothers Tree Farms.  It was a 6 month project.  From time to time I am hired as a nursery marketing arm.

Here's a little more on this in this article. 

I think the next several months will see a shift.  The election in a bit more than a month will tell a tale.  I won't tell you who to vote for, but I want to see America Great.... again.

So..

Keep your eyes open and your ears clear.  We are about to go thru a transition.