We always have taken and sawn the deer bones up and frozen them. The dogs eat them well. They do not offset the feed bill but they knock the heck out of the chew bone/teeth cleaning type of purchase.
We do alot of fishing but we arent supposed to eat but a certain amount due to the mercury or pcb levels. With fuel being so high, we wont be hitting Mt Storm for our catfish as much:/
The wife said to mention to be sure to ask the meat dept at the grocery about bones.....she gets a bag full for a dollar or two when we are out of deer bones.
We are in the process now of becoming a legit farm with the USDA and hoping to capitalize on their programs. The tax breaks alone will help a ton as well as some of their financing programs.
We do alot of fishing but we arent supposed to eat but a certain amount due to the mercury or pcb levels. With fuel being so high, we wont be hitting Mt Storm for our catfish as much:/
The wife said to mention to be sure to ask the meat dept at the grocery about bones.....she gets a bag full for a dollar or two when we are out of deer bones.
We are in the process now of becoming a legit farm with the USDA and hoping to capitalize on their programs. The tax breaks alone will help a ton as well as some of their financing programs.