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PPT074: Preparing your poultry farm for high winds, water, and hurricanes with Mike Marchand

[podcast src=”https://html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/7038761/height/90/theme/custom/autoplay/no/autonext/no/thumbnail/yes/preload/no/no_addthis/no/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/88AA3C/” height=”90″ width=”100%” placement=”top” theme=”custom”]Michael Marchand joins the show from the coastal plain of southeast Texas to talk about preparing your pastured poultry farm for the wind, water, and disruption of a hurricane.  As we record, Hurricane Florence is days away from landfall in the Carolinas, and the projections are for a lot of…

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Cracking the performance problems of soy-free poultry feeds with Fertrell

[podcast src=”https://html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/6820149/height/90/theme/custom/autoplay/no/autonext/no/thumbnail/yes/preload/no/no_addthis/no/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/88AA3C/” height=”90″ width=”100%” placement=”top” theme=”custom”]Episode 72 takes on the soy-free poultry feed for your chickens, ducks, and turkeys. Up to this point, if you’ve fed soy-free feeds to your chickens, then you’ve likely experienced slower growth, more expensive feed, and improperly feathered birds, just to name a few problems. Jeff Mattocks from The Fertrell…

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How to calculate the margins of a pasture-raised broiler business

[podcast src=”https://html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/6734185/height/90/theme/custom/autoplay/no/autonext/no/thumbnail/yes/preload/no/no_addthis/no/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/88AA3C/” height=”90″ width=”100%” placement=”top” theme=”custom”]Episode 70. Beginning pastured poultry farmers have a common question: “What are the margins in raising pastured poultry?” In other words, “will it work?” The margins in your pasture-raised broiler business is what’s left over after you pay for expenses. The margin is the profit that goes back into the…

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