tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6975161130020685883.post6704784982603044582..comments2024-03-27T03:19:09.202-04:00Comments on HyMark High Spots: Is A Dollar A Head Enough ProfitEd Winklehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07299533401041542458noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6975161130020685883.post-17934604298454536702015-01-26T14:09:28.661-05:002015-01-26T14:09:28.661-05:00Dear me. And here I am planning to make $6 of prof...Dear me. And here I am planning to make $6 of profit out of a $16 organic chicken. And I still would be 12.5% cheaper than competition. Granted, I won't raise 100,000 chickens, but I need much less to make the same profit and a better meat, with no extra costs such as lagoons of liquid manure to manage...Chimelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08601975288198239103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6975161130020685883.post-43098216651463414522015-01-26T12:58:06.734-05:002015-01-26T12:58:06.734-05:00Yes, Linda! I was finishing my Master's degre...Yes, Linda! I was finishing my Master's degree and our first child so I was not enough help for dad.<br /><br />Budde. what can I say but I really appreciate both your comments.<br /><br />$20,000 is NOT a nice income for 4,000 acres, that decision is flawed from the beginning.<br /><br />A dollar a head doesn't interest me either.<br /><br />Now the guy they showed on Cincy TV this week who took his mothers sex toy business to a multi million dollar company, that's a different story!<br /><br />EdEd Winklehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07299533401041542458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6975161130020685883.post-8393690428752624902015-01-26T10:53:36.196-05:002015-01-26T10:53:36.196-05:00A neighboring farmer who specialized in farming gr...A neighboring farmer who specialized in farming ground no one else would farm once told me that while he only made $5 an acre if you were farming 4,000 acres it was a nice income. Two years later when he lost $10 an acre it seemed his wisdom was flawed. But, then ten years later he was making over $100 an acre so I guess the only lesson to be learned is that life is one step in front of another...buddeshepherdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10747323705664619491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6975161130020685883.post-2258199630578768972015-01-26T10:21:56.614-05:002015-01-26T10:21:56.614-05:00We can sure understand getting out of hogs after t...We can sure understand getting out of hogs after the blizzard of '78!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04899177125372996519noreply@blogger.com