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From what little I have seen, the biggest resistance to organic would be coming from the right trying to suppress altenative markets unless concern is about false advertising. The right would seem to have the deepest pockets.

When my feed / seed ferments, ethanol or lactic acid is produced that I can recognize. It is not enough to use as a mash for making hooch and will would likely taste terrible if you tried. Other volatile fatty acids like acetic acid also likely produced. Depending on timing of process...

The feed fermenting bit does not involve production of ethanol you can drink. Alcohol content is similar to what you find in bread. Best value I know of with fermenting is with intact grains where process initiates germination process making some carbohydrate portions more available and it...

Joe may be up against a wall with reguard to predators preventing comfort with more extensive free-range management. Having other livestock and dog helps with that. Joe, how many acres do you have and what to they look like? Do you have any farming experience?

Joe Jordan, Your flock size is well below where economy of scale kicks in and you breed selection is not one I would have when pushing for egg production. On such small scale which I do admit is fun, to make so feed cost are greatly reduced, I would be raising something else also to be...

Since you are free-ranging, you do have the option of supplying a diet that is not nutritionally complete and allow foraging to make difference. With a small number of birds consider backing off on whatever layer diet is used and supply in its stead a multigrain scratch. Watch for declines in...