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GrannyLow t1_j1o6jqm wrote

Reply to comment by SeaboltFamilyFarm in pasture raised meat and poultry? by SeaboltFamilyFarm

So your gross sales on 450 birds is $11,250 and your expenses are $4,562

That makes your net $6,688. Why did you subtract your cost from that a second time?

I am getting $6,668 / 139 hours = $48 per hour

Of course that's ignoring taxes and your overhead for the land and all that. I'm just trying to get a feel for the numbers you are putting out there.

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SafeFrosting1819 t1_j1nw3pk wrote

Reply to comment by tedgurdfjjbv in What does a $50,000/year job look like in the Springfield area? by tedgurdfjjbv

If you can afford it, a 20% down payment will secure you a good rate with most banks and you can avoid PMI (additional required fees for not having enough equity.) I suggest making that a priority when you consider what house you can afford. (I’ve bought 4 different houses in Springfield over the past 20 years and played the market well and safely enough, enough times, to roll a 20k down payment into 200k in equity today.)

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SweetSewerRat t1_j1nq272 wrote

Reply to pasture raised meat and poultry? by SeaboltFamilyFarm

Hey man, I wanna say I really like what you're doing, and for what it's worth, I respect the hustle.

My family has farmed beef in southwest Missouri for 4 straight generations, and I continue to see fewer and fewer small scale farmers every year. I'm happy you guys are keeping this tradition alive. The amount of connection to the food we eat is getting lower and lower. Most of us eat food that was farmed an ocean away these days. Hope this next year goes well for you, and I hope to buy something from you in the future.

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SeaboltFamilyFarm OP t1_j1njrve wrote

Reply to comment by the_honeyman in pasture raised meat and poultry? by SeaboltFamilyFarm

Yes but when living in Tyson and Georges country finding a local option trustworthy is the hard part but these chickens aren't exactly free range they're raised in a Chicken tractor 12'×12' to help with predator loss and to control where they go on pasture this breed of chicken is lazy and lethargic but it produces the most meat the fastest due to genetics and breed so it's the most cost worthy option for an 8 week grow time most other birds would be half the size in double the time so the outdoor Chicken tractor allows protection exercise sunlight bugs fresh grass we rotate 6 tractors with around 84 birds in each one moved across the pasture 2x per day

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