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Who is Making Money?

On September 3, 2009 in Archive by spope

We are finally really getting going shipping birds.  It’s tough to know if we are making any money doing it though.  I am so perplexed – feed prices are still $80 to $100 more a ton than we paid 2 years ago – yet commodity prices are (from what I see) only a little higher than they were 2 years ago.  Who is making the money?  We’ve had such a time this year getting good feed.  Because of all the ethanol plants – there are tons and tons of ethanol production by-products on the market.  I don’t think any of the ethanol by-products are good ingredients for pheasant feed.  Pheasants aren’t domesticated like many other farm animals – and pheasants don’t tolerate even moderate levels of mycotoxins in their feed.   With the economy where it’s at – discretionary spending is limited.  Obviously pheasant hunting is discretionary (though I’m sure some hunters don’t think so) – the result of all this is we aren’t in a position to raise our prices right now (because demand is down).  Yet though we can’t raise our prices – our input costs are way up.  There is going to be a thinning of the ranks of pheasant farmers.

 



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