OT: Avian Influenza found in poultry flock in Greene County
- Thread starter DesotoCountyDawg
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Can't they give them a Covid 19 shot and be done with it?*****
Eggs are through the roof again. They’ve had to wipe out a bunch of laying flocks around the country.
This is not meant to be a shot at poultry farmers…. But I think a lot are barely making it even without flu being an issue. Most of the farmers I see around here are with Sanderson farms and it’s just not a good deal. They don’t get paid nearly enough and can seemingly have the rug yanked out from under them at any time by Sanderson
Poultry farming has very small margins. Vertical integration.
You’re basically just the caretaker for the company’s chickens.
You are very correct. Chicken companies are making a fortune. At least 80% of the farmers are barely getting by.
You sure it wasn’t one of our political parties just driving up prices to be mean?****
Most farmers in general are barely getting by right now.
It should be noted that it now needs to be referred to as the company formerly known as Sanderson Farms. A whole lot has changed since the sale. The Sanderson's are probably the only ones that profited from this arrangement, but you can't blame them
I used to be pretty familiar with Sanderson farms from working with them in the banking world. I don’t know as much about Wayne farms. I do know they are owned by Cargill, which is pretty much a universally hated company. I believe cargill may be the largest privately owned company in the world. I’ve never heard anyone say good things.
