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Feed costs
Started this discussion. Last reply by Marie James May 10. 5 Replies 0 Likes
Thought we might discuss what some of us are paying for feed and maybe find creative ways to keep the prices down while also feedign VERY high quality feed to our animals. I live in Kansas and have…Continue
To AI or Bull?
Started this discussion. Last reply by SusanLea2 Dec 21, 2011. 11 Replies 0 Likes
So -- I am stuck in one of the classic decision points for small farmers when it comes to regards to natural farming. So many roads can lead you downa slippery slope of interventions that I would…Continue
large scale egg production
Started this discussion. Last reply by Jesse Dec 6, 2011. 6 Replies 2 Likes
The first products we will have for sale this Spring/summer is eggs. We will have around 100 laying hens -- 20 Have some where in the realm of 50 dozen eggs per week.For people who have dealt with…Continue
Members' Blog Call
Started this discussion. Last reply by Andrew Atkins Feb 29. 18 Replies 1 Like
Can we get a canonical list of members blogs so that we can fill our RSS feeds with the blogs of all the great members here. I'll start - ours is …Continue
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Marie James replied to Jeff Hamons's discussion Feed costs
"We had a similar situation--wanting better local non-GMO feed but sources were a couple of hours away. Several producers formed a co-op and we have someone who picks up and hauls the ingredients up here, another farm where it can be stored, another…"
Mary Schmidtke replied to Jeff Hamons's discussion Feed costs
"I know that what I an going to tell you will sound absolutely crazy. I have always small farm animal farmed. In order to raise and have any chance of even staying in business you have to look at ALL your options. Chickens on a dime…"
Scott M Terry replied to Jeff Hamons's discussion Feed costs
"We're paying $708 a ton for organic 20% dairy mix that is coming out of VT. Needless to say we are not feeding a lot of grain to the cows. "
Drew Wood replied to Jeff Hamons's discussion Feed costs
"That's a tough one for us as well. We currently have a mix that the local mill makes for us that is not organic that we get for about 350 a ton. The nearest organic source to us is probably 4 hours away, and we don't have anything that can…"
dayflowr replied to Jeff Hamons's discussion Feed costs
"I am not raising animals on a huge scale, but in my area (northeast of Seattle) a 50 lb bag of layer pellet goes for $16. A 50 lb bag off all stock grain is $10 whereas a 50 lb bag of dairy ration is $18. And a 100 lb bale of 80/20…"
Jeff Hamons replied to Five Hens Farm's discussion Business structure
"and you get what you pay for ;)
Synergistic Acres - Kansas City Natural Farm"
Jeff Hamons replied to Wendi's discussion Creating a Farm Logo
"Looks like you got a very nice logo--- you should be ab le to do well witht hat. I would liek to add that no one should shy away from working with agraphics artist ona logo.
I used a graphics artist when we designewd out logo --…"
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Feed costs
Thought we might discuss what some of us are paying for feed and maybe find creative ways to keep the prices down while also feedign VERY high quality feed to our animals. I live in Kansas and have our feed milled ata local mill. My most recent feed order was 2 tons and costs me a little over $2000. For my Poultry Grower it looks like this30% Organic Roasted Soy25% Organic Corn5% Oats25% Milo5% Alfalfa1% Calcium4% Fishmeal3% Poultry Nutri Balancer. $750/ton…See More
Jeff Hamons replied to Jerry Hambley's discussion Our Homestead Featured on the Tiny House Blog
"That looks fantastic. I drove by your place recently -- Looked very nice. I think a front yard lake bigger than the house is about PERFECT!
Synergistic Acres - Kansas City Natural Farm"
Jeff Hamons replied to Zachary's discussion The best layers/meat chickens
"We will be raising about 1000 meat birds this season. We will raise a combination of CX, FR and Barred Rocks as well as butcher the roosters of our Buckeye that we raise as Layers,
Synergistic Acres - Kansas City Natural Farm"
Andrew Atkins replied to Jeff Hamons's discussion Members' Blog Call
Andrew Atkins replied to Jeff Hamons's discussion Members' Blog Call
"check out Buckhead to Farmstead on itunes. I just got started this week. New podcast talking about our journey to turn our 6.5 acres into a farm and how we're doing it."
Rebecca replied to Jeff Hamons's discussion Members' Blog Call
"Great idea! www.owlmoonfarms.com
I'm just getting started, so it's a little of everything - farming, music, family, books, etc. Basically home-grown goodness currently from Athens, GA, on our way to Bucks County, PA in three weeks…"
SusanLea2 replied to Jeff Hamons's discussion Members' Blog Call
"Great idea! Here's mine:
http://zephyrhillfarm.blogspot.com/
My last post wasn't very exciting, just catch-up photos, some humor, and a bit about our animals--but then that's about par for the course!"
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