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How in the world can you make money in this market?
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<blockquote data-quote="Boldcat" data-source="post: 617392" data-attributes="member: 3639"><p>Having sold slaughtered animals direct from the farm for several years , I have to tell you it's not all it's cracked up to be either.</p><p>You will have a list of clients and when your animals are finished and ready to slaughter usually 1/2 back out on you. Alot of them wise up and shop the other producers and get them to undercut you.</p><p>Demand Cash!! or get used to rubber checks.</p><p>I've dealt with 5 proccessors. One was too far away and hauling took up too much profit. One was a thief , I even witnessed him in action stealing meat. One didn't have a clue what he was doing, he would package siloins as ribeyes. Another charged as much to process as I made on the finished animal.</p><p>And my personal proccessor who was'nt intrested in all the work I had for him had a gas leak in his shop last spring that levelled it and almost killed him. </p><p>If your proccessor does'nt do a quality job , you will get the blame.</p><p>It just got to be too much headache for me and I quit last year.I regularly get calls now and I turn them all away.</p><p>Listen to Caustic, He knows what he's talking about.You have to manage every aspect of this business especially your pasture and hay and cull ruthlessly.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Boldcat, post: 617392, member: 3639"] Having sold slaughtered animals direct from the farm for several years , I have to tell you it's not all it's cracked up to be either. You will have a list of clients and when your animals are finished and ready to slaughter usually 1/2 back out on you. Alot of them wise up and shop the other producers and get them to undercut you. Demand Cash!! or get used to rubber checks. I've dealt with 5 proccessors. One was too far away and hauling took up too much profit. One was a thief , I even witnessed him in action stealing meat. One didn't have a clue what he was doing, he would package siloins as ribeyes. Another charged as much to process as I made on the finished animal. And my personal proccessor who was'nt intrested in all the work I had for him had a gas leak in his shop last spring that levelled it and almost killed him. If your proccessor does'nt do a quality job , you will get the blame. It just got to be too much headache for me and I quit last year.I regularly get calls now and I turn them all away. Listen to Caustic, He knows what he's talking about.You have to manage every aspect of this business especially your pasture and hay and cull ruthlessly. [/QUOTE]
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