Posted by DLMKA on November 03, 2014 at 11:53:18 from (204.42.18.156):
In Reply to: Lose of Feed Mills posted by mkirsch on November 03, 2014 at 06:28:55:
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I think you have big business that has very high insurance costs. Insurance guys come in and request or require changes get made for safety which helps keep insurance premiums lower and reduces claim payouts in the part of insurance. Big business lobbies for across the board regulations to keep everyone on the same footing. Complying with regulations is a smaller percentage of operating budget for big business and drives the smaller operators out which ultimately either get boarded up or gobbled up by big business.
I'm just getting started with raising some livestock after moving to the country this summer. My very first equipment purchase was a mixer mill. It's an older OMC 95 but fully functional and in good shape. I realized before I even started that you can't come out ahead raising pigs or chickens on bagged feed if you wanted your final product to be reasonably priced so anyone can afford it. I milled a ton of 15% CP feed this weekend for about half of what bagged feed would have cost me.
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