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Funny you should mention Purina and do more. I was in Tractor Supply last week grabbing some on an emergency basis because I didn't have time to swing by my usual supplier, the local Mill by way of the family feed store. Anyhow I didn't have much choice in goat feed and as I'm looking at the bag...

As it turns out, killing your customers is bad for profits. - Ferengi proverb

Some packaging is temporarily changed due to COVID, too. When the pandemic struck and businesses started closing at gov't order, the manufacturers of some packaging types weren't considered "essential businesses". Leaving other essential businesses unable to ship essential products until they...

Pre and Pro biotics are largely buzz words. Not they are meaningless or unimportant to us humans, but I think we can all agree there is a big difference between humans and their casual and widespread antibiotic use and frequently low-fiber diets here in America, and chickens. Chicken feed, lots...

^^^ a small part of the reason why my 30 acres contains, and will contain, no cattle. ;) Still considering some small breed goats though. Somehow, I'll make the math work.

yeah, its complicated.. Actually, world population has jumped from a mere 2.6 billion in 1950 to about 7.8 billion mouths (estimated), today. Moral and ethical judgements aside, there is no escaping the math. Numbers matter. SOURCE...

There's a thread, and a web document, by one of the posters - {nope} maybe? - who was assembling info on feeds, protein amounts, calcium, etc. Costs will vary locally, perhaps quite dramatically. But you might want to at least start there. I'll see if I can find it. [Here it IS] Thanks to...

I said "carbon inputs". Its a term of art. This is a map of US Farmlands, courtesy USGS, circa 2015. Its about 166 million hectares, or roughly 410 million acres. At the same time (roughly, 2016), a staggering (I'm being facetious here) 4.1 million acres was reported to be growing organically...

Pragmatically, the acreage does not exist to support current populations with a 100% USDA-certified Organic supply, and further, would greatly increase carbon inputs into the cost of production and transportation, to say nothing of the opportunity cost of alternative uses to the land that would...

Pellets are just crumbles forced back together into a recognizable shape. It requires extra equipment and processes, which is why its often more expensive than crumble. The advantage is in waste - your birds are less likely to throw pellets far from the feeder than crumble, and are more likely...

Honestly, I'm best in small quantities. The reasons for why I am as I am are unimportant, but I'm glad you enjoyed the post. Thank you also for the education on a corner of cow breeding I didn't know existed. No plans to add cattle to my property, but almost all my neighbors have herds - so if...

Got to love the Internet. A little digging, and we can find out all sorts of stuff. Maybe not enough to make us experts, but certainly enough to provide a passable illusion of competence. ;) and "regarding by-products", courtesy the Food and Drug Administration, who has some asserted...

Ask them. Do you see a Vet's name there, or a bunch of abbreviations thereafter? " We are not a substitute for a veterinarian. We do not agree with and will not promote any inhumane treatment of poultry, or any animal for that matter. This means that we will never recommend or use the word...

In the US, "Organic" pricing is a factor of three components. 1) Cache. Marketing. Profit. You are, in part, paying for the ability to proclaim your use of Organic feed, like you pay to wear the Louis Vuitton (sp?) logo on your handbag. Its conspicuous consumption like a handmade silk tie - a...