I've been to my Probus meeting this morning. Marilyn was working again and I was pleased to have something interesting to do. Today's guest speaker was not a great orator but had an interesting story to tell. He was saying that, as he is now 79, he's planning to retire. He came from a farming background and found himself getting into the business of supplying grain and feed. The growth area, he was saying, is in fish farms and distilleries, both of which consume huge amounts of grain.
The increase in the number of fish farms is not surprising but he told us that there are now 57 distilleries in Tasmania. I can remember when there was just one. Bill Lark distilled his first single malt in 1992 when he was the only known distiller so, in 30 years, the industry has exploded. And all those distillers need grain. The best Tasmanian-grown grain goes to the whisky industry and lower quality stuff is brought in for the feed lots and for the making of fish pellets.
Who would have thought that farming, which was once about growing wheat or herding sheep. would have become so complicated..
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