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Episode-2792- Growing Your Own Poultry Feed

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A recent video from “Ice Age Farmer” made the case that we will have a dire shortage of soy beans in the coming year, other grains as well especially soy.  I checked into it and I have to say for the US market I am not highly concerned.  I don’t think the soy boys will need to give up their lattes in 2021.

His point was well beyond soy milk and the lot though and to animal feed.  I do have to say he is not totally wrong and I expect flat our famine in the 3rd world in the new year.  Of course I said this back in April when the lock down lunacy started.  It was not hard to see coming.

I also think Ice Age Farmer is right that they have a shortage in China and are buying it like crazy from the US, reducing our reserves.  While I don’t think we will be without soy in 2021 we may see prices go up and if the 2021 crop is not good, we could have real long term issues ahead.

In any event growing your own food is a good thing, so is growing your own live stock feed.

  • Why we are talking about this today and why it is important
  • The position I am coming from
    • Deffinitley not all or nothing
    • Better off even if you don’t need to rely on it
    • If nothing else it can save you money, that is always good
  • A brief word on “pasture” and greens and such and why that is not what we are doing today
  • My top energy, carb, protein, fat crops for poultry
    • Sunflower
    • Wheat, barley, rye etc.
    • Black Eye Pea
    • Millet
    • Oat
    • Pea/Winter Pea
    • Buckwheat
    • Bell Beans
    • Vetch
    • Garbanzo
    • Sorghum (Mennonite did great for my birds)
    • Sesame
    • Amaranth (anti nutrients can be an issue)
    • Low Tannin Acorns
  • Some Final Thoughts
    • Reducing off site inputs is always good
    • This approach reduces or eliminates soy
    • Birds do enjoy variety and this is a more natural way to do things
    • There are a lot of other ways we can add to poultry diets

 

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Jim
Jim
4 years ago

Storing whole grain for birds would allow the feed to last for years. A nice but of cheap insurance for lean times. I purchase my feed from a local, business/side hustle feed mill made from mostly locally grown grains. I asked them about whole grain feed and bought a 1000 lbs for trial. If it worked might have stocked up a few tons just in case. But my birds didn’t like to eat whole peas. (It was a non GMO, no corn or soy blend). Without the peas they weren’t getting enough protein. Since I live at 47.5N parallel I can buy enough ground meal and it will last 4-6 months through the cold winters. If I can grow enough sunflower perhaps I could buy enough barley and triticale for a balanced diet. It is fairly easy for me to buy 1000 lb totes of various whole grains around here for .10 to .20 a lb, mostly closer to the higher price though. For a smaller farmer that is a lot more than they can get from ADM. Even though I raise all my chicken meat and eggs I have realized I am still dependent on outside inputs. Been thinking on that for a while. Thanks for the excellent thought provoking episode. Jim

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Mark Thompson
Mark Thompson
4 years ago

Talking to “old farmers” that grew up on the farm in the early 1900’s, they never bought feed for any of their animals. Somewhere along the line they were convinced that what happened for how many thousands of years wasn’t working. Getting back to that old mind set would set people free from the establishment. I’m a fairly new listener since finding your podcast this summer and becoming a fan.

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Carol
Carol
4 years ago
Reply to  Mark Thompson

That’s basically what the ‘great reset’ is all about. They think the old way isnt good enough anymore, they want a new way of doing things. I prefer the old ways, I think it is fun and satisfying to do things myself.

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