grain prices again

I agree as well. Things are not going to get better. The Finance boys and girls are seeing that things like treasury Bonds, stock market, and all the mortgage investments are going south. there is no confidence. The stock market is going up only because the Fed is buying it up to keep up the illusion that all is well. It isn't.

So where do these people put their dough? In things. real things. Commodities. While the currencies may depreciate....a bushel of corn is still what it is. Now it is being measured by something of less value (like the $) so it looks like it is gaining value. The problem is that the $$ and all paper is losing value. These folks (and governments) are putting their money in Gold, silver and other precious metals. Again....just to store their value as the paper standard dies. Gee, since 2001 (10 years ago) the $ has lost 83% of its value to purchase Gold. So between increased demand, and supply issues, and currencies (which we are measuring price) devaluing, all this stuff is going up (including oil which is a huge cost componet of production) .

I don't think it will be getting any better in the future. Yeah the whole food system is mucked up. Think i'll go out and buy some corn...

my best,
Jim

There's also the fact that we add another a billion hungry mouths to feed every 12 years.

That's insane.

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I'm fortunate that we buy our horse grain from a local feed mill and the owner raises most of the corn in the grain mix himself, so the prices on the mill-generated feed does not go up like the commercial feeds do. He's still making 'retail' price on his corn rather than selling it out of the field ... and not having to buy it.

Hay prices have been pretty steady here the last 3 years and I don't expect a big change in that unless we get a particularly bad year ... lots of rain when the first cutting comes down or no rain to get the second cutting grown.

I expect the rabbit pellets to continue to go up slowly, as it has been.

Just curious, are the rabbit pellets a convenience, or a necessity? Can you raise rabbits on just hay? Hay and grain?

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We graze ours all Spring, Summer and Fall in range shelters.

I haven't noticed rabbit pellets costing much more per pound than alfalfa hay. The advantage of the pellets is that you can use feeders that prevent soiling of the feed. Hay has a tendency to get wasted with rabbits.

If you are raising baby bunnies, the doe needs protein. So that means pellets, alfalfa hay, or top grade orchard grass. None of those are cheap. But you can feed rabbits a bunch of home grown stuff. Their system is designed to process fresh greenery and veg.

That means you can cut your feed costs. Some source of protein and some home grown.