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If you extract some of the oil from the soybeans.... Which is why soy meal is so common in commercial feeds. Not only is it cheap and nutritious, but extracting all that oil actually improves its value as a feed by reducing the excess fat concerns.

If you know what you are doing, you can cook an egg on a paper bag over an open fire. It's an annoying Boy Scout thing. But you can absolutely bed down a pile of coals, set your cast iron griddle on that, and your aluminum canner on top. Or save your griddle and use any flat heavy piece of...

Why is it that the basic pressure cooker can't can (assuming you have the correct weight, I undersatand most only come with one now???) We have a monster from the 70s, used to make stock in it all the time, cans plenty fine with the heavier weight. Currently packed up. I know the small ones...

Why won't a pressure cooker work? Its nothing but a pot, a tight fitting lid, and a weight. Yes, eventually, the silicone seal will fail - but that's a LONG time off. Did you have something else in mind than one of these??? A water bath canner is nothing but a stockpot, and a way to keep...

It can't be drained and retained elsewhere? That's disappointing

I did this with the head of the goat I took for my own use. (the fat became soap - a practice I need more practice at), but the chickens enjoyed it. As did the bits on the ribs I was not able to clean off with a sharp knife.

the country living mill has retained top (or near top) marks over time - it remains one of the best hand crank mills out there. I don't own one - no need, I don't produce significant grains - and because their price has increased significiantly as their reputation grew. and yes, a...

If you are preparing for a SHTF situation, BUY A PRESSURE COOKER. You need it for canning. and since you already have rice paddies, you should be able to do aquaculture - raising small fish in/around the plants. I suggested that earlier with the mention of carp or freshwater shrimp. Read up!

Oyster shell is fantastic. Popular animal protein sources are fish meal, crab meal, pig blood meal. Depending on the composition of what is being ground up, it can be an important mineral and calcium source as well. Such as when anchovies and other tiny bait firsh are sun dried then ground...

Yeah, that's crazy expensive. pool test kit strips or even the red cabbage test are good for pH, and low cost, too. $150 would cover my lime needs for 1/3 acre. I see your point. We have a county agricultural extension office, sends the samples to the local university for testing at a...

I have sandy clay soils here, almost 180 degrees across the globe from you, and recently got my test reports back. Very acid soil (4.9 pH), which is acidic even for many acid loving plants. and a big phosphorus need - my best soil sample had just 6 mg of Phosphorus per kg of soil, the others...

Honestly, if OP wasn't in Japan, and hadn't clarified that they had acres, equipment, and were already succesfully growing more rice than they needed, I would have stuck with "don't do it" - but rice is an unusual feed ingredient here in the US, I was curious, so this mental exercise was...

Nope. In their second post, they said they had five rice patties, only three of which are in use, currently producing all their family needs. Particularly when preparing for the S2HTF, why mess with success?

So, I sat down with the calculator. 48# of rice. 24# of roasted soybeans. 24# of wheat (soft). 1# of dried seaweed for trace minerals, 3# of your calcium source (oyster shell?). Based on published AVERAGES (your ingredients could be better, or worse, and could vary from season to season, field...

I haven't set down with my calculator yet, but my gut tells me it would be a heavy soy/wheat mix with rice filling in the place of corn in more "traditional US-style" feeds. The soy is still going to need heat treatment, dried seaweed will be needed for trace nutrients, millet and/or oats might...

With the acres, and the equipment, and a willingness to suppliment from elsewhere - how's your access to seaweed???? You could do tolerably under a SHTF situation, until you can no longer run the equipment, at least. Animal/fish protein you could add would also be benificial. Any chance you...