Yes, rural type companies are doing it tough at the moment, a far cry from the heydays of Dalgety's, Wright Stephenson's, Williams and Kettle, Southland Frozen Meat and others. Corporate farming has never really been a success either, at least in the public listed company form.

But if we believe in the future of farming in NZ, there's got to be an opportunity there for the right people, the right methods and the right structure.