For what it’s worth, I’ve heard a rumour that, following a decline in the early part of the decade Alpaca farming is making a come back and is tipped to be the next big thing …
Just got back from the ploughing. They have the same size property exhibit as every other year. It is on the left as you enter in the same huge tent. There seems to be a lot more Caribbean stuff and a lot less Spanish property. The Cayman Islands were prominently featured as were several Canadian resorts. The main difference this year was the absence of US property. Last year had two NYC stalls, one Chicago and several Florida. This year I saw none. Several exhibits were marketing land/forestry in eastern Europe.
I was there yesterday and can confirm as above. The only difference is that they may not be listing everybody individually, but there is one very large marquee (?) with all the property stands within.
I wasn’t there last year so can’t tell if its the same one, but there’s quite a few dealers in it.
