In article >,
"Bob Terwilliger" > wrote:

> Miche wrote:
>
> >> I'm surprised you can get NZ lamb -- the Kiwis are said to be *very*
> >> fond of it themselves; I didn't think they would share. ;-)
> >
> > Heh.
> >
> > We get what's left over from the export trade, and believe me, we pay
> > for it.
>
> I've heard similar things about Idaho and potatoes: Although Idaho has acre
> after acre of potato fields, it's apparently very difficult and expensive to
> buy Idaho potatoes there. Of course the farmers (and NZ ranchers) are going
> to sell their products at the most lucrative market. I suppose if you *were*
> an Idaho potato farmer or a New Zealand lamb rancher you could get the pick
> of the bunch, but everybody else has to pay the going rate.

We don't call 'em "ranchers". They're farmers, same as the guys who
grow wheat.

Miche

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