NaturallyAspirated Posted April 25, 2020 Share Posted April 25, 2020 1 minute ago, hayward said: Well, I guess that explains why guys went to contract only, huh? You remember what the price/pound was at the time it took a shit? Was it under 35 cents/pound? We sold are last pigs a $.27 for fats. $100 bucks a head, f that. Neal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racinfarmer Posted April 25, 2020 Share Posted April 25, 2020 3 minutes ago, hayward said: Well, I guess that explains why guys went to contract only, huh? You remember what the price/pound was at the time it took a shit? Was it under 35 cents/pound? No. I was probably 9 or 10. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodtick Posted April 25, 2020 Share Posted April 25, 2020 1 minute ago, NaturallyAspirated said: We sold are last pigs a $.27 for fats. $100 bucks a head, f that. Neal Would they survive a ship ride to the Far East on one of those giant live stock ships? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hayward Posted April 25, 2020 Share Posted April 25, 2020 5 minutes ago, NaturallyAspirated said: We sold are last pigs a $.27 for fats. $100 bucks a head, f that. Neal eeeeeesh. What year? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NaturallyAspirated Posted April 25, 2020 Share Posted April 25, 2020 30 minutes ago, Woodtick said: Would they survive a ship ride to the Far East on one of those giant live stock ships? Yes. With enough corn! Neal 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NaturallyAspirated Posted April 25, 2020 Share Posted April 25, 2020 29 minutes ago, hayward said: eeeeeesh. What year? Loooong time ago. 1997/98? Neal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f7ben Posted April 25, 2020 Share Posted April 25, 2020 On 4/23/2020 at 6:14 AM, hayward said: Can't be many independant pork producers around anymore. Here in the east, they're all commercially raising for companys like Hatfield. Max capacity at all times for max production. This isn't small time farmers anymore that could overcome and adapt to a problem like this a lot easier with having less animals on hand at a given time. No no, we had to weed those out of existance. We need our food supply controlled in a corporate existance only! MORE MORE MORE CAPACITY! And to hell with the small butcher shops as well. We'll hire govt. inspectors to make it so hard to exist, that eventually, THEY WON'T! Uhhmmm.....that’s called capitalism bro Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Highmark Posted April 25, 2020 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted April 25, 2020 (edited) Lots of guys around here made bank on hogs over the years. Some lost their ass. Still a decent handful of small producers. Lots of independent confinement owners who rent out space and manage production. Their revenue isn't tied to prices and they do pretty well on the investment. The real challenge has become the manure plan. Works well if you got the crop ground for the manure out of your own confinements. Edited April 25, 2020 by Highmark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racinfarmer Posted April 25, 2020 Share Posted April 25, 2020 9 hours ago, Highmark said: Lots of guys around here made bank on hogs over the years. Some lost their ass. Still a decent handful of small producers. Lots of independent confinement owners who rent out space and manage production. Their revenue isn't tied to prices and they do pretty well on the investment. The real challenge has become the manure plan. Works well if you got the crop ground for the manure out of your own confinements. Minnesota has made that a PITA for years. A one of my friends family's has a large hog operation and at one time, they'd have to have their manure application measured and couldn't inject it. They'd only spread between 10pm and 4am. I don't think it lasted that long. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Highmark Posted April 25, 2020 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted April 25, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, racinfarmer said: Minnesota has made that a PITA for years. A one of my friends family's has a large hog operation and at one time, they'd have to have their manure application measured and couldn't inject it. They'd only spread between 10pm and 4am. I don't think it lasted that long. The little restrictions Iowa imposes are not always enforced and its the small operators who are the biggest violators. State watches the big ones. One of the biggest issues is the damage to county blacktop roads the tractors and manure tanks do. No vehicle registration fees, no taxes on diesel and no sales tax on equipment yet damage roads every year. Edited April 25, 2020 by Highmark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racinfarmer Posted April 25, 2020 Share Posted April 25, 2020 11 minutes ago, Highmark said: The little restrictions Iowa imposes are not always enforced and its the small operators who are the biggest violators. State watches the big ones. One of the biggest issues is the damage to county blacktop roads the tractors and manure tanks do. No vehicle registration fees, no taxes on diesel and no sales tax on equipment yet damage roads every year. Something the general public doesn't always understand. And yes, the damage done by farming in general can be pretty large to infrastructure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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