glenn
40 posts
Oct 23, 2007
8:19 AM
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Hello Guys:
I live in Los Angeles, Ca. and feed cost have gone up about 20%, is it the same in other parts of the country?
Glenn
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Ragin Rollers
17 posts
Oct 23, 2007
8:23 AM
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I got some wheat and milo the other day. It seemed to cost more,but they got eat. Im feeding 250 Rollers
Ragin Rollers..........
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Santandercol
1563 posts
Oct 23, 2007
9:11 AM
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Up here in Canucklandia,the price of wheat went up from $11.87 per 70lb bag to $15.23 in just over 2 months.They say it is due to poor yield rates with the spring wheat harvest.
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Kelly
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W@yne
694 posts
Oct 23, 2007
9:15 AM
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Food in the UK also has gone up 20% due to all the damaged crops during the bad rainfalls we have taken this year over here so you guys are not on your own .
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Regards
W@yne UK
Patience Perseverance Perfection
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Alohazona
322 posts
Oct 23, 2007
10:14 AM
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Glenn,
I'm getting that here in Hawaii too.I saw a guy at the feed store the other day laying in to the supplier.The suppliers defense was anything using corn has gone up.Frankly the price has gone up $2 dollars a bag on wheat before the moult when I switched the flyers.Its a shame,can't help but think they have done a raise in pricing straight across the board,taking advantage of the corn thing....Aloha,Todd
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SAT Roller
58 posts
Oct 23, 2007
11:18 AM
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The way I heard it was, yes there is a much larger demand for corn now that they are using it in ethenol fuel (supposedly going to clean our air and lessen our demand on foreign imports???????) so it cost more.
The farmers arn't no dummies, why plant wheat or maise or anything else when I can get top dollar raising corn now.
So by not raising the other grains and plants has made their cost go up as well as the supply on those items is much lower.
All that I can see that ethenol has done for the comsumers is give us a lube job!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sorry, very touchy subject for me even before I got back into birds... We are getting ripped off by these oil companies/refiners. Some times I wonder how they sleep when folks are debating on buying gas or bread today....
Anyway, it is JMHO...
Richard
Last Edited by on Oct 23, 2007 11:19 AM
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Ragin Rollers
18 posts
Oct 23, 2007
1:19 PM
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Hey, I Watched A Thing on Corn 4 Fuel. You know that it takes one acre one whole year of growing corn to produce one gallon of gas Hum....
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classicpony
471 posts
Oct 23, 2007
7:08 PM
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the price of corn per bushel has went up over twice as high per what it cost a year ago I hear.
Jim
@Illinois
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Steve_uk
252 posts
Oct 24, 2007
12:34 PM
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I wonderd why W@yne was feeding them bread at the weekend!
Steve0...
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Velo99
1364 posts
Oct 24, 2007
4:07 PM
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Part of it is the trickle down from higher fuel prices. The other part is the ethanol frenzy.
A lot of study needs to be done before it is lauded as the savior of the fuel dilema. The water corn needs to grow has to be pumped from the ground. Takes fuel to do it.
Corn leaches a lot of nutrients from the soil and it has to be replaced with fertilizer which is normally a petroleum product.
If global warming is a concern an ethanol plant emits as much if not more greenhouse gases than the cars it will fuel. Can you say kneejerk reaction?
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V99
Flippin`The Bird!
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fhtfire
1150 posts
Oct 24, 2007
4:50 PM
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It is still the cheapest hobby that I have ever had!!!
20% of not much is well...not much..LOL
My other hobbies cost me more..
Marriage.....enough said!
Muscle Car....Parts, Fuel and insurance
Racing ATV.....Not so bad if you don't crash....just crashed..
Shock 500.00, Rim 200.00, Bent son bitch (forgot the name)..80.00, New Plastic 150.00, new push bar 80.00....Pride Hurt when I crashed on a sissy hill...Priceless!!!!
All Fixed!!
rock and ROLL
Paul
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nicksiders
2362 posts
Oct 24, 2007
5:34 PM
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Feed has gone up big time and will continue because they (the farmers) are growing corn for the alcohol to put into our fuel for autos. Less other grain is being grown and the demand staying the same raises thoughs prices. You add that phenominum to greed and the price really jumps up.
Nick
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dSNICKERS Rollers
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