The Rural Voice, 1988-08, Page 26HIGH MOISTURE SUPERCRETE
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APICA
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For early maturity plus truly outstanding production.
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A fine•stemmed, leafy, medium maturing alfalfa
Moderate resistance to Bacterial Wilt and
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Medium maturing with heavy yields. Fine -stemmed
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and Kentucky Fried Chicken.
Stephen MacKneson, who has
been a franchise lawyer for more than
22 years, agrees with Shaver. "The
trends in agriculture are very good for
franchising. The most difficult part is
coming up with a good concept which
has integrity. The concept must be
unique, must be able to be cloned, it
cannot be just a one-shot deal, and
the timing in the economy must be
right. Franchising can be very profit-
able, but it takes a fair amount of time
to develop a concept. It does not
happen overnight."
MacKneson gets two to three
franchise proposals a month. When
asked what he looks for when select-
ing a concept that has a chance for
success, he says that there are certain
important criteria:
• the people must have experience
and knowledge,
• the system must be a proven
technology or concept; it must have
integrity,
• the timing for the idea must be
right; is it a growth industry?
• there should be a good market
potential for the idea,
• the franchise has to be even more
profitable than normal because the
franchisees share their profits through
the royalties,
• the projected yield has to be more
than 18 per cent,
• the support and training program
must be very good.
Shaver's part of the deal takes a
great deal of work and dedication. He
supplies the latest in genetic research
and development to the distributors,
and he has made commitments to
them for bulls that have not yet even
been born. Shaver believes the female
line is the key to any breeding pro-
gram, and the distributors keep their
exclusivity through having sole rights
to female genetic stock. A commer-
cial cattlemen can buy semen, but
cannot buy females.
The 800 -acre farm in Newton is
also the collecting point for all the
breeding data on the herds around the
world. This means that superior stock
is quickly identified and improve-
ments can be made rapidly. "For
example, we might find one leading
bull in Argentina that we then could
use throughout the network," Shaver