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Date Posted: 08:11:23 05/09/04 Sun
Author: mohamed
Subject: Re: tilapia
In reply to: Doug 's message, "Re: tilapia" on 07:10:58 05/04/00 Thu

>I am not sure what you mean by "Confirm". If you are
>refering to a contract with buyers before harvest at a
>set price price and quanity this can be tricky. If
>your crop isn't ready on time, then you have upset
>your customer who was counting on you.
>
>The main thing to remember is that a harvest date is a
>varible thing. Since you are selling your fish by the
>pound is doesn't matter to you whether you actually
>sell them on a Monday or a Friday. You just keep
>feeding them until the buyer needs them.
>
>My advice is this. As the fish are nearing market size
>go to the local markets and talk to them. Tell them
>how big the fish will be and give him an approximate
>date. I don't know how many fish you have in your
>system, but unless it is small amount chances are you
>will not sell them all at one time to just one buyer.
>Some buyers will be looking for one pound fish and
>others will be looking for 1 1/4 to 1 1/2 pounds. You
>need to know this before hand. So you must find out
>what size they think they want and how many at a time.
>When the fish have reached the proper size, now you go
>back to the buyers who said they would purchase your
>fish and tell them they are ready. One of the first
>things you will learn unfortunatley is, too many times
>people will tell you they want your fish but when the
>time comes for delivery they stall and mess around
>about it. So you want a large customer list to contact
>when the harvest is ready. Maybe you will get lucky
>and the first one you call from this list will buy,
>but then again maybe not, so move on to the next one.
>
>Doug

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