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Feed. Poultry Resources-WSU Extension Small Farms Team. By Brian Tuck, Wasco County Extension Agent, Susan Kerr, WSU-Klickitat County Extension Director and Linda Williams, Klickitat County 4-H Program Assistant.
On October 9, 2004, Washington State University Extension and Oregon State University Extension Service sponsored the small-scale poultry and greenhouse workshops at the Columbia Gorge Discovery Center in The Dalles, OR. For those unable to attend, we wanted to provide information concerning useful resources for those interested in small-scale poultry and green house production. If you have any questions concerning the resources listed here, please contact the OSU Wasco County Extension office at 541-296-5494 or the WSU Klickitat County Extension office at 509-773-5817.
Readers who do not have access to the Internet at home may contact their county Extension office for these documents or access them through their public library. Poultry Production Photo courtesy of USDA Online Photography Center. Master Publication List: ATTRA - National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service.
Home >ATTRA's Master Publication List The following list contains more than 300 easy-to-read titles covering organic production, livestock, horticultural crops, business and marketing, farm energy, water and pest management and more.
Our publications are written by our sustainable agriculture specialists, who are experts in their fields, and are meant to help farmers, ranchers and others involved in sustainable agriculture. PLEASE NOTE: Some of the following documents are available as Adobe Acrobat PDFs. Download Acrobat Reader. What is Sustainable Agriculture? ⇒ Publications Back to top Horticultural Crops ⇒ Agroforestry ⇒ Fruits. Sample Poultry. The Details:Farm Profiles & Sample Budgets from Established Poultry Producers The following farm profiles can be used as guides to help you determine the profitability of poultry.
In each of these examples, the farm produces fewer than 1,000 chickens per year, selling all of the birds directly to customers. At the bottom of this page, we have included sample budgets based on actual production costs and revenues from three small broiler production operations in different regions of Washington. We found that, as an add-on to an existing farming operation, a poultry enterprise is capable of contributing net income. However, at this level of production, poultry sales are not expected to provide more than 10 percent of the total annual farm income for any of these operations. Farm A This farm is located in San Juan County, Washington. The budget analysis for Farm A (below) represents a composite of four years of actual operations.
Farm B Farm C Sample Budgets. Profitable Poultry / National SARE Bulletins / Bulletins. Profitable Poultry: Raising Birds on Pasture features farmer experiences plus the latest research in a guide to raising chickens and turkeys using pens, movable fencing and pastures.
A Wisconsin family nets between $2 and $6 per bird for their pasture-raised poultry, and partners with two other producers in processing and marketing. A New Mexico producer who rotates birds across his property year-round has seen dramatic improvements to his desert soil. And a Wyoming producer was able to quit a full-time, off-the-farm job to stay home and raise pastured poultry with help from her school-age kids. With those examples and more from around the country, the bulletin touches on the pasturing system's many opportunities to improve profits, environment and rural family life. Growing Your Range Poultry Business: An Entrepreneur's Toolbox.
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