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Post by canadiankigers on Feb 23, 2009 19:38:12 GMT -5
Only 6 months ago I had planned to breed three mares this spring, but with the economy on a downward spiral I have reassessed that decision. Both Kiger Creek Ranch and the Wild Sage Ranch have decided to combine their operations and share the overall responsibilities.
I was just wondering how other Kiger owners were faring and what measures they plan on taking to help get them through these trying times.
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Post by Michelle Clarke on Feb 24, 2009 8:01:28 GMT -5
As I stated in the other post, we do have to breed a couple of mares to keep our ag-exempt...
But most importantly, I think this is a perfect time to get the Kigers out there and in the publics' eye. Get the awareness up so when the market is back on an upswing we have a larger customer base.
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Post by fantasykiger on Feb 24, 2009 14:36:10 GMT -5
I am for the first time not thinking about breeding, but concentrating on my riding and training. There are alot of factors that have gotten' me to this point not just the economy though I admit, that one was a doozy.
To get us thru' these hard times financially, we are selling off all our luxury items. The hot tub, motorhome, camper, one of the boats. Sporting equipment we haven't used sense we were young. We aren't hitting the lake waterskiing every weekend anymore. We can pitch a tent and camp no worries. When we had money we spent it and we have lots of stuff. I just hope all this stuff can help us out in return.
That is how we plan on making it thru the tuff times.
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Post by nrly on Feb 24, 2009 18:00:14 GMT -5
we were going to breed stormy this spring, but have decoded to wait...but we are getting her out on the trails and around cyvlest and runners and get allot of complements on how calm she is..
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Post by 1Kiger on Feb 24, 2009 18:06:51 GMT -5
I'm just trying to hang on to my girl, and bring her along as best I can. I do point out Kiger ads to the few people who are looking. In this area, if a Kiger gets a home, they get pretty good care because there's still a fair amount of money (though it always depends on the human).
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Post by angelsdream on Feb 25, 2009 10:42:26 GMT -5
Until there's more RIDING kiger's out there for everyone to see, the market isn't going to pick up for kiger's, good economy or bad. Color can only get you so far and the kiger's have the ability to be great but we need more riding kiger's to prove it.
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Post by ctxkiger on Feb 25, 2009 11:10:19 GMT -5
MICHELLE, HOW ARE YOU GETTING AN AG EXEMPTION FOR HORSES? I HAD BEEN TOLD THAT HORSE FARMS ARE NOT CONSIDERED AGG EXEMPT BECAUSE IT DOES NOT PRODUCE A CONSUMEABLE PRODUCT. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW SO THAT I CAN GET MY EXEMPTION STARTED. I AM TRUELY INTERESTED AND NOT TRYING TO START A DEBATE. THANKS
JASON
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Post by stormyranch on Feb 25, 2009 11:34:13 GMT -5
Nola your back!!! Nice to hear from you.
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Post by Michelle Clarke on Feb 25, 2009 14:29:06 GMT -5
Jason, talk to your local tax office, as most counties are different. Our place already held the ag-exempt, so we just kept on with it. I belive it takes five years of making money to establish it as such, as far as I have been told by other folks trying to get it going if the property does not already have one. Our place has been a horse breeding facility for over 30 years and cattle before it.
One thing that alot of people do not understand, it that with the horse slaughter gone, there is quite a good chance that horses will not be considered livestock anymore. That is nothing but bad because then they go into the pet catagory...no ag-exempts, no tax free feed/supplies. You will see horse farms shutting down like wildfire when that happens.
I did hear though, that one of the indian reservations were considering setting up a horse slaughter facility on their land....
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Post by pepper on Feb 26, 2009 23:01:42 GMT -5
California hasn't concidered horses "livestock" for several years. The question at the feed store is"are you purchasing this for horses or livestock?" when ever you buy hay or any grain that could be horse re-lated.I know people who keep a goat around so they can say "livestock" & avoid paying the taxes...pretty sad state of affaires!!
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Post by canadiankigers on Mar 5, 2009 7:35:10 GMT -5
California hasn't concidered horses "livestock" for several years. The question at the feed store is"are you purchasing this for horses or livestock?" when ever you buy hay or any grain that could be horse re-lated.I know people who keep a goat around so they can say "livestock" & avoid paying the taxes...pretty sad state of affaires!! Sad.....perhaps but it is a lot less expensive to keep a goat for a year than pay the taxes on the hay and grain. |
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