[Bill Douglas]

As a kid I grew up on a farm owned by my Mom. She had sheep and cattle. In New Zealand the sheep and cattle are grass feed all year round with no barns or stables for them. I believe in the US the cattle are grain fed during the winter.

She made quite alot of money off the farm but she was using it as a trading base with A LOT of buying and selling of stock. Some cattle were around for a few days some, around for a month.

Traditional farming is a thankless task in this country with zero subsidies, quite unlike the US and Europe, although farming brings in most of NZ's money from other countries.