Comments on: It’s not chicken feed http://matronofhusbandry.wordpress.com/2008/04/08/its-not-chicken-feed/ "I have always found what farmers and peasants thought about things much more intelligent than what scientists thought." RUDOLPH STEINER Thu, 28 Aug 2008 04:28:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU hourly 1 By: matronofhusbandry http://matronofhusbandry.wordpress.com/2008/04/08/its-not-chicken-feed/#comment-256 matronofhusbandry Wed, 09 Apr 2008 14:48:45 +0000 http://matronofhusbandry.wordpress.com/?p=55#comment-256 TCD, You grab it! No, it didn't. TCD,

You grab it! No, it didn’t.

]]> By: Trapper_Creek_Daughter http://matronofhusbandry.wordpress.com/2008/04/08/its-not-chicken-feed/#comment-255 Trapper_Creek_Daughter Wed, 09 Apr 2008 14:44:33 +0000 http://matronofhusbandry.wordpress.com/?p=55#comment-255 Red Hot poker, lol. Did this go in the spam? Red Hot poker, lol. Did this go in the spam?

]]> By: matronofhusbandry http://matronofhusbandry.wordpress.com/2008/04/08/its-not-chicken-feed/#comment-250 matronofhusbandry Tue, 08 Apr 2008 14:25:47 +0000 http://matronofhusbandry.wordpress.com/?p=55#comment-250 Threecollie, I'm just glad that hot looking horn isn't real. The Stockman Grass Farmer was predicting last fall, that the ethanol project wouldn't be scrapped until 2010. Until, then the grain prices would be exorbitant. I'm glad that we cut way back on our usage - these chickens will be a luxury item for sure. Another downside to the ethanol production, is that they are feeding those distillers grains to cattle. The rumen ph in feedlot cattle is already too acidic, and now this. Expect more e coli outbreaks. Kansas State University has determined cattle, fed distillers grain have twice the e coli 0157 as regular feed lot cattle. This is rarely found in cattle fed solely on grass. A dairy friend from Eastern Washington called yesterday, and they just passed their final inspection on their own in-house bottling plant. If they hadn't followed this route to value-add, they would be out of business with these prices. They are not organic, they are just selling raw milk. It's going to be a tough few years. Threecollie, I’m just glad that hot looking horn isn’t real.
The Stockman Grass Farmer was predicting last fall, that the ethanol project wouldn’t be scrapped until 2010. Until, then the grain prices would be exorbitant. I’m glad that we cut way back on our usage - these chickens will be a luxury item for sure.
Another downside to the ethanol production, is that they are feeding those distillers grains to cattle. The rumen ph in feedlot cattle is already too acidic, and now this. Expect more e coli outbreaks. Kansas State University has determined cattle, fed distillers grain have twice the e coli 0157 as regular feed lot cattle. This is rarely found in cattle fed solely on grass.

A dairy friend from Eastern Washington called yesterday, and they just passed their final inspection on their own in-house bottling plant. If they hadn’t followed this route to value-add, they would be out of business with these prices. They are not organic, they are just selling raw milk. It’s going to be a tough few years.

]]> By: threecollie http://matronofhusbandry.wordpress.com/2008/04/08/its-not-chicken-feed/#comment-248 threecollie Tue, 08 Apr 2008 09:59:23 +0000 http://matronofhusbandry.wordpress.com/?p=55#comment-248 Love the horn photo! That is just so cool! Isn't the feed situation frightening. If people think food prices are bad now, I fear that they are going to get an awful shock this fall. We have heard prices being discussed of nine hundred dollars a ton for triple 19 fertilizer. I know you are more in the organic line, but if the folks who grow the crops have to pay that and the folks who feed cattle and make corn flakes get the costs passed along, wow! It is going to be ugly. Love the horn photo! That is just so cool!
Isn’t the feed situation frightening. If people think food prices are bad now, I fear that they are going to get an awful shock this fall. We have heard prices being discussed of nine hundred dollars a ton for triple 19 fertilizer. I know you are more in the organic line, but if the folks who grow the crops have to pay that and the folks who feed cattle and make corn flakes get the costs passed along, wow! It is going to be ugly.

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