All organic will be non GMO (I think USDA allows for 5% contamination, but reasonable price depends on your view! Organic feed depends on where you are located. Around here in PA most stores carry Nature's Best organic Feed. Presently 16% layer is $33.99/50 lbs. They are in the process of changing to 40 lb bags right now. This brand is carried in a lot of areas & their 40 lb bags are coming to Tractor Supply very soon. I can also get a local soy or non soy based mash from a local farmer for less than $35 per 80 lb bag, but mash is messy. I can run 25 miles & get Organic Unlimited No soy layer pellets for $30.99/50 lbs. Knowing your location would help us give you a better idea of what may be available. Organic is going to be up to double the expense of regular Purina, but for some of us it's worth it!
I'm located in Denver, CO.
The closest tractor supply is around an hour away and the two feed stores near by don't carry organic feed.
Thanks for the information!
While they may not carry it on a regular basis, have you asked about having them order it? This is more likely with a "local" store than a chain like TSC as the larger chains tend to be a bit at the mercy of corporate when it comes to what they can/can't get, special orders, etc. Most smaller stores have access to a lot of things that they don't keep in stock on a regular basis because the demand doesn't make it worth their time and shelf space to keep it just in case someone might come asking for it. Our local feed guy has ordered all sorts of random things in for me - if his suppliers have it, he can have it put in his regular weekly order at no added fee and I just pay his cost plus the markup.
ETA - the added advantage for the retailer is that often someone else will hear/see that they have a particular product in for you and also be interested in it - there are a couple of things that our feed guy now keeps in stock at all times because after he started getting it for us there were other customers who started asking for it as well. It can be hard, as a retailer, to know what people want if they don't ask for it - it's easy as the consumer to not see something and just move on to the next possible source. I prefer to do business with this particular store, so I always ask him first - if he can't get it, or something comparable, I will source it elsewhere, but he's my first go-to.
