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Coworker of mine and a college buddy contemplated going in on a long established chicken farm when they graduated. On paper it looked possible, but they decided to pass. Next buyer in line picked the place up, and mined a barn sized pile of chicken sh-t making enough in a year to pay the place off about 3 times. Then he subsequently sold it for development. Some of us just don't recognize a gold mine when we see one. Had they jumped on it, both could have retired a year after graduating.
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Real common here since fertilizer got unbelievably high a few years ago. I always heard that ammonia fertilizer went up and down with natural gas prices, but that proved to be untrue. It did not come back down near as much as the natural gas ratio would dictate. You will see piles of chicken schit everywhere. The farmers also like the soil building that the manure does compared to pellet fertilizer. Most farmers here had never used manure before the big price hike as they were too young, but I can remember when near all fertilizer used was manure. Of course the crops were not making near what they do now for lots of reasons, but we did not have the fertilizer available like today. One thing about these modern farmers, they are on top of how to increase yields. Too bad they will not slow down the combine and quit running so much out the back. Get a rain on a cut corn field and it is unbelievable how much grain is out there. It sprouts and you can really see it. miles
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