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So please tell me, who's getting rich on the cow?
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<blockquote data-quote="Ky hills" data-source="post: 1742432" data-attributes="member: 24816"><p>We don't have any commercial poultry farms in this area. There are several in the western part of the state though where a lot of crops are grown. </p><p>From what I understand it takes at least 3 chicken barns for the farmer to make any money at it.</p><p>Here locally, most farms used to raise a little tobacco. It put food on a many a table for years. Then when the companies started going to contract growers they gave fewer and fewer each year. Now there is just a handful of growers left and they raise large amounts.</p><p>The beef cattle are the last stand as far as animal agriculture for the small farmer. Sheep and goats would have to gain a lot more market share. </p><p>Used to be all the small farms had a variety of livestock that was marketed locally or regionally around here. Would have been nice if it had stayed that way. </p><p>The communities would have been in a lot better position. Now everything is specialized and we are at the mercy of corporations and trucking/shipping and availability.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ky hills, post: 1742432, member: 24816"] We don’t have any commercial poultry farms in this area. There are several in the western part of the state though where a lot of crops are grown. From what I understand it takes at least 3 chicken barns for the farmer to make any money at it. Here locally, most farms used to raise a little tobacco. It put food on a many a table for years. Then when the companies started going to contract growers they gave fewer and fewer each year. Now there is just a handful of growers left and they raise large amounts. The beef cattle are the last stand as far as animal agriculture for the small farmer. Sheep and goats would have to gain a lot more market share. Used to be all the small farms had a variety of livestock that was marketed locally or regionally around here. Would have been nice if it had stayed that way. The communities would have been in a lot better position. Now everything is specialized and we are at the mercy of corporations and trucking/shipping and availability. [/QUOTE]
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