Visit to the NAFA warehouse!!

[Bizzarro]

I went for a tour of the North American Fur Auction warehouse this weekend. Super impressive to see all that fur getting ready for auction next month. If you ever get a chance - check it out!!!20140426_094233.jpg20140426_094533.jpg20140426_094548.jpgfur9.jpg

[fratri]

I was there a couple of years ago and agree, a great place to get a tour.... You just can't imagine the amount of fur available... it seemed like the size of a walmart filled from top to bottom with fur... simply amazing was my experience.

[trapper]

i sometimes take my fur into there and it can be eye opening.They have 750.000 coon next auction but its the russians who buy the majority of them Which i duot will happen with sanctions imposed on them.It dont look good at all.

[MikePal]

but its the russians who buy the majority of them Which i duot will happen with sanctions imposed on them.It dont look good at all.

hadn't thought of that....collateral damage...thanks for pointing it out. I guess the governments stance is going to hurt some Canadain's hard...

[blasted_saber]

I thought China was buying a bunch of fur these days?

[Hunter John]

Wow ,that is impressive.s it open to the public or do you have to arrange a tour or something?

[trappermatt]

Wow ,that is impressive.s it open to the public or do you have to arrange a tour or something?

If you are a fur producer it's no problem to get in , if not I'm sure you'd need to arrange something with the management.

[trappermatt]

I thought China was buying a bunch of fur these days?

the whole fur market is in turmoil right now , last years price structure , warm conditions in the buying regions oversees , Chinese import tax problems and overproduction of ranch mink worldwide have all created this problem , the fur market today is not the same as it was years ago , things change much more quickly and the market rises and falls much quicker , The bulk of the North American raccoon harvest ends up in Russia as an end use , even if the garment was produced in Greece or China , it's been a long time since this amount of coon showed up on a sale and I'm afraid it's not going to be good , just hazarding a guess that about 200,000 of those coon are in dealer price protected lots , but my contacts south of the border tell me there are a pile of coon sitting in small country dealer hands as well as larger production trappers , I'm sitting on a fair number of coon myself and after seeing the writing on the wall I decided to gamble and hold these coon , we shall see if I should have sold or if my holding them will help me over the longer outlook

[Hunter John]

Thanks Trapper.I may look into it as I think my kids would love to see it.

[JMatthews]

Hard to imagine that much fur in one place.