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PPT035: What Are the Weaknesses of Pastured Poultry?

[podcast src=”https://html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/4195720/height/100/width/480/theme/standard-mini/autoplay/no/autonext/no/thumbnail/yes/preload/no/no_addthis/no/direction/forward/” height=”100″ width=”480″] Terrell Spencer joins Mike as a guest host. Fresh off an APPPA related trip to the Mother Earth News Fair in Belton, Texas, the two share their impressions about the show. Highlights of the episode: Is Texas poised as the next pastured poultry hot spot? There are several processing options accessible…

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PPT024: Producing Better Poultry

We’re All interested in Producing Better Meat In this episode a tired Grady and Mike debrief their weeks. Mike traveled to Wilmot, OH to the Sustainable Poultry Network’s conference where he presented a variety of poultry topics. In this episode, Mike chats about the heritage chicken challenge in terms of carcass yields. Is it worth…

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PPT021: Evaluating Pastured Poultry Enterprises: It’s OK to Quit

For the first time in public, Mike (millsidefarm.com) announces that he is retiring the mobile processing service. That sparks a conversation between Grady and Mike on enterprise analysis in general. Grady draws on his Ranching For Profits education while Mike draws on a transformational concept of “quit or be exceptional. Average is for losers,” Seth…

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