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Quote: What depleted soils are you talking about? The ground that we farm has greater OM now than it did when we started farming, plus the fertility profile, microbial population, and earthwork activity are greate now than when my Grandfather was responsible for the farm.

Quote: Would you be so kind as to provide the data or the citation for this fact? I have read this in serveral discussion and have yet to review the data that was used to draw this conclusion. Someone has a quote in their signature line that I really like "If farms were smaller, communities...

If the definition of unsustainable is simply having infrastructure behind the system then our entire country is unsustainable! Ninety-eight percent (+/-) of our country's population live in cities and towns, just think about all the infrastructure needed to support that: Electricity is...

Quote: You posted the correct information for the PARENT. The commercial offspring from those hens will be 6.5 lb in 48 days. You need to look at Cobb 500 Broiler Performance And Nutrition Supplement for the expected performance for the commercial birds that are harvested for consumption...

Quote: You are comparing apples (parents) to oranges (hybrid offspring)! 6.5 lb females are the parents of the commercial broilers. Due to the hybrid vigor the off spring will outperform the parents. I seed corn the parents may yield 50 to 100 bushel per acre, but when the offspring are...

Quote: First of all there is no such thing as a Cornish X, it is a hold over from the original crosses decades ago. The so-called "cornish x" sold through hatcheries are birds produced from Cobb-Vantress, Hubbard, and other commercial breeding lines. What do you consider marketable weight...

Quote: The Cobb 500 and 700 ARE infact the birds you find in your Grocery Stores. These birds are harvested at a lower weight tha is commonly bantied about on these threads. Jim