Was Cashmere a Comet?
NZ$32.00
Paperback | English
Cashmere is a fibre growing on some New Zealand goats. It founded the 1980s $12m export industry in today’s money. Then it disappeared. Why?
Was Cashmere a Comet? uses memories and the only collected records to suggest answers and ask whether it can be reborn in the 2027 Year of the Goat.
Garrick Batten was there at the beginning, helped develop it and managed the end. He reflects on industry success despite problems with other goat fibre producers and marketing difficulties. One result is valuable fibre goat farming knowledge on which to base that future.
Additional information
ISBN
9780473747169
Dimensions
159 × 224 mm
Format
Paperback | 204 pages
Language
English
Printed by
CopyPress
Publication Date
June 2025
Publisher
GOATEX Group
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Criag Brentkat –
A valuable record of a notable farmer effort to establish a successful industry until local and international events conspired against it.
Essential technical and industry information for the future.