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Feed Prices???
far149:
At our local Producers Co-Op 20% Starter/Grower has gone from $11.05 from the start of the year to $12.15 last week. At least it has animal protein in it.
Russ:
Whew got a call today the lady I talked to was a little off on price. It will only be $293 for a 1000lb so $14.65 a bag. A $.40 increase is a whole lot better than nearly the $6.00 one I was quoted yesterday. This should get me to first of October hopefully the price won't rise too much by then. I was looking at my grow out pens yesterday thinking of who to "ax" (figuratively speaking). Most need another month or two of growing before I can make my final cut, I will sleep a little easier tonight though.
bantamhill:
Round bales of nothing special hay are running $95.00 a bale here in Central Missouri. I need to so some stocking up on feed before everything gets crazy.
If you haven't planted summer squash, pumpkins, winter squash, cabbage, etc. there is still time. They all make good winter feed.
Michael
John:
I just got off the phone with my brother and he is buying sunflower seed screenings from a local mill, near his place, very cheap.
When I was a kid the mill over in Frankenmuth gave away bags of wheat screenings and we fed them to the chickens and other animals, until the mill got smart and added them to their laying mash.
Don:
So how long do you store feed and still plan on it holding its food value?
Sounds like it would be a good time to stock up. But here our heat and humidity is hard on feed. It will mold quickly if not careful.
Michael, I've fed pumpkins in the fall, usually as a treat. You can often buy them cheaply after Nov 1. Often they will ignore them unless there are used to a variety of food scrapes during the year. But you must have to supplement it with high protein food to balance their ration?
We can buy ground roasted soybeans that are close to 30% protein, but the literature cautions against using too much at a time. I understand that they are dangerous to poultry unless they are roasted. Anyone have experience using this as a supplement?
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