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To: Frank Sully who wrote (68156)7/23/2021 12:00:53 AM
From: Spekulatius1 Recommendation

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  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 78958
 
The problem with Pistachios are any durable crop is that they are just one bad drought from a wipeout. California has a prioritization system for water usage and farming get s a great share of the total available water, but if there is a severe drought curtailment could hit BWEL and if you have perennial crops, they could die and wouldn’t bear crops for many years until replanted.

I think California came a couple times close to turning or water to farms, but so far it hasn’t happened yet, but at some point it will. That’s one thing with water rights, there are more rights than real water and there is a priority stack that may lead to a situation where you have a “right” but not water regardless.



To: Frank Sully who wrote (68156)7/23/2021 2:10:43 AM
From: Frank Sully  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 78958
 
Re: BWEL (More)

An attendee at last year’s Annual Meeting said that management said the following about the Auscott sale.

<<< Proceeds from the sale will likely go towards eliminating all of Boswell's debt and then what remains could be given back as a special dividend to shareholders. >>>

FWIW, as of June 30, 2020, BWEL had debt of about $200 million.

Sully