Struthers CEO, Doug Beatty answers to Raskolnikov's post.
I just received this email from Doug Beatty. It contains a ton of great
information (particularly if you really think about every line here). Go to
my email to Doug first (BELOW) and read that. I forwarded to Doug my RB
post, "STRUTHERS' CURRENT CAPABILITIES" and asked him to comment on whether
or not STRU did in fact have those capabilities.
The comments below in ALL CAPS are my personal comments on what Doug is
saying. The rest is pure Doug.
Personally, I believe every word here. Doug has been wrong in the past
about TIMING, but he has been truthful about
what is happening. My expectation is that A LOT will unfold over the next
1-4 months....but only after back on the OTC.
I have heard that the acquisition of NORSVIN INTERNATIONAL is a done deal
(cannot confirm this). Check out their website and you will notice they have
a presence in Norway, Sweden, Lithuania, New Zealand, Australia,
Slovenia, Thailand and of course the U.S. Which means that STRU will have
a presence in all of these countries.....i.e. satellite herds around the
world.
Think what STRU can do with these genetic bases PLUS the GOURLEY SCOPE.
Read the below very carefully. You might even want to read it twice!!!!!!!!!
----- Original Message -----
From: Douglas Beatty
To: Jeff Simon
Sent: Tuesday, October 03, 2000 7:33 AM
Subject: Re: STRUTHERS CURRENT CAPABILITIES
Dear Jeff,
You are very correct in your summation of our capabilities...I'll add a few
more as we release more PRs.
DOUG IS CONFIRMING ALL THE CAPABILITIES IN MY RB POST (SEE BELOW) AND STATING
THERE ARE MORE
CAPABILITIES THAT WERE NOT MENTIONED IN MY POST. I AM GUESSING THAT ONE OF
THESE ADDITIONAL
CAPABILITIES IS: S E M E N S E X I N G TECHNOLOGY.......WHICH HAS
TREMENDOUS IMPLICATIONS.
WITH "SST" STRU CAN GET ALL GILTS FROM THEIR SOWS.....ALL GILTS.....REMEMBER
BOARS DO NOT
BECOME MARKET HOGS DUE TO "BOAR TAINT". THIS WOULD ADD TREMENDOUSLY TO
PROFITABILITY AS
WELL AS CAPACITY.
Sows also on average. produce 2.5 litters per year...9-11 animals per
litter. If we do not sex the semen usually half our both male or female..out
of our stock we usually retain 20% for F1 breeding stock...gilts or potential
boars. 80% are sold as multiplier gilts if they are F1 (one generation below
grand parent status.
OKAY, DOUG IS SAYING EACH SOW GENERATES ABOUT 25 PIGLETS PER YEAR. 20% ( OR
5 PER LITTER) ARE HELD BACK FOR BREEDING STOCK.....OF THE REMAINING 20
PIGLETS.....TYPICALLY 10 ARE SOWS, 10 ARE BOARS.
WHY DO YOU THINK HE SAYS, "IF WE DO NOT SEX THE SEMEN....."??? Hmmmmmmmmmm.
IF YOU DON'T HAVE "SST" ALREADY, WHY WOULD YOU STATE IT THIS WAY??? I
THINK THEY HAVE IT (IMHO).
The F1's are the gilts we sell the our alliances to produce market hogs (F2)
....we have an interesting flowchart that helps to explain this and if you
e-mail your fax I'll send you this part of our business plan which helps to
visually understand the hog flow.
Please keep in mind that we also sell many F1 animals to producers who are
not alliance farmers but we do in most cases have first right of refusal to
pull the hogs out for our packers...the producers love it as we pay them more
for their hog then resell it as Tender Prime or to the packer at a
premium...win-win-win all around without incurring the overhead of raising
the animals in our facilities.
ISN'T THIS WHAT I POSTED (COINCIDENTALLY) ON RB YESTERDAY??? READ
CAREFULLY. DOUG IS SAYING THAT STRU SELLS MANY F1 ANIMALS TO PRODUCERS WHO
ARE NOT ALLIANCE FARMERS BUT, BUT, BUT, BUT.......
STRU HAS THE FIRST RIGHT OF REFUSAL TO PULL HOGS OUT FOR THEIR PACKERS.
MEANING,
WE MAY HAVE 200k SOWS IN OUR ALLIANCE........AND...........ACCESS TO ANOTHER
HUGE SUM OF SOWS WHO ARE PRODUCING PIGLETS BUT ARE NOT PART OF THE ALLIANCE.
DO YOU UNDERSTAND THE SIGNIFICANCE HERE?
HERE COMES SOME MORE VERY INTERESTING STUFF..........
And as you know we average $450 profit per hog on the Tender Prime Pork, the
other natural meats sold through Waukon pricing will be available shortly ,
but one can expect we will average $2 per pound profit on natural poultry.
The cost and profit on beef, venison and lamb will vary, however, pricing
will be available within the next week prior to the launch of the e-commerce
web site.
H E L L OOOOOOOOOO.......DID DOUG JUST SAY THAT STRU WILL HAVE THEIR WEBSITE
UP AND RUNNING WITHIN THE NEXT WEEK.........TO SELL NOT JUST
PORK.........BUT.......POULTRY, BEEF, VENISON AND LAMB?????????
I THINK I JUST MESSED MY PANTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
NOTE: $450 PROFIT PER HOG ON TENDERPRIME......$2 PROFIT PER POUND ON
POULTRY.....THE COST
OF ALL THESE PRODUCTS WILL BE AVAILABLE WITHIN THE NEXT WEEK. I CAN'T WAIT
TO ORDER SOME.
Tender P Pork product has already been processed, truck load last week and
again this week...the 30,000 lb freezer has over 5000 lb of pork currently
and is capable of holding and sorting 30,000 lbs of frozen meat per week,
however, we have large orders for fresh product which are being processed,
but will be shipped directly from our packer (not Lorentz) to the client,
Stamped USDA Certified , the product will have the clients name and also
carry our Tender Prime label, produced by Struthers...
5000 POUNDS OF TENDERPRIME IS IN THE FREEZER AT WAUKON RIGHT NOW.
WAUKON CAN HANDLE 30,000 POUNDS OF FROZEN MEAT PER WEEK.
DOUG SAYS, "WE HAVE LARGE ORDERS FOR FRESH (UNFROZEN) PRODUCT WHICH ARE
BEING PROCESSED AND WILL BE SHIPPED DIRECTLY TO THE CLIENT (USDA CERTIFIED).
THE PRODUCT IS BRANDED "TENDERPRIME".
when appropriate I'll let everyone know where they can buy that product. It
is getting very fun around here...David has done an excellent job...every hog
and every part of our hog is now spoken for...getting producers to
participate in our program is not a problem...
"EVERY HOG IS NOW SPOKEN FOR"............."GETTING PRODUCERS TO
PARTICIPATE...NOT A PROLBEM"
YOU GOTTA LIKE THAT.
However , they must meet our standards and those set by our consumers. I
believe we will hit the numbers we need as we grow...I have no doubt of this!
David and obviously the rest of the team has certainly made me very
proud...When we are ready I'll inform all shareholders of David's amazing
sales results and progress. Obviously it will be released in PR fashion. For
this reason I'm telling shareholders if there is any doubt in their mind on
attending the shareholders meeting ...they should be here!
I can not stress this enough...we have planned an excellent meeting! I do not
believe anyone will leave disappointed.
I hope I answered your questions...good ones by the way.
Best regards, keep up the great work!
Douglas
I THINK THE REST SPEAKS FOR ITSELF. DOES THIS MAN SOUND CONFIDENT OR WHAT???
----- Original Message -----
From: Jeff Simon
To: Douglas Beatty
Sent: Monday, October 02, 2000 8:53 AM
Subject: Fw: STRUTHERS CURRENT CAPABILITIES
DOUG, DOES STRUTHERS NOW HAVE ALL OF THE CAPABIILITIES I HAVE LISTED
BELOW IN MY POST ON RB???
PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF ANY OF THESE ARE INCORRECT....I DON'T WANT TO MISLEAD
ANYONE.
2nd QUESTION: IF A SOW HAS A LITTER OF 25.....HOW MANY OF THESE WOULD
TYPICALLY BECOME MARKET HOGS, HOW MANY WOULD BE BOARS, HOW MANY HELD BACK
AND ADDED TO GILT HERD, ETC.????
THANKS, JEFF
Cheers
Voluntary Disclosure: Strong Buy : Long and Short Term
