It takes lots of planning to provide a continuous supply of products to customers. You need to consider the gestation periods and the growth-to-slaughter periods for each of the different types of livestock you grow, as well as seasonally fluctuating customer demand. If you are growing livestock on pasture, this is all made more complex by the need to optimize animal growth with the seasons. Join me as I explain how we created a livestock production schedule for our laying chickens, broiler chickens, turkeys, pigs, and cattle.
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What type of freezer do you prefer? Also what do you do to protect yourself from an electrical surge or faulty freezers?
When I buy meat at the supermarket it is not frozen. Was it defrosted for display and sale, or was it never frozen after the cuts were made?
I learn something interesting and something useful from every video. TY
Very, very, very informative…. I never knew until now, that meat will last longer in a freezer that does not auto defrost….. Thank You.
Great info PeteðŸ‘ðŸ‘ðŸ‘
Your video's are very informative. I think I've watched nearly ALL of them by now, with the exception of the tractor building, we aren't there yet! I very much enjoy the "business building" aspect of your videos. Teaching farmers they don't HAVE to go into debt to get started is so important!
Oh wow that comment about storing meat in standard home frost-free freezers just blew my mind. I've noticed that meat doesn't keep really well in the freezer, but my husband is always wanting to "stock up" our small freezer. Based on what you are saying about small farms and supply, we should be doing the opposite of stocking up, we should have the farmer store the meat in good freezers and we should buy consistently form the farmer weekly or monthly.
Thanks For the Advance recognition Curve!
When you have a glut of eggs feed them to your pigs.
Very informative!
If you replace half the flock every year and you run all the same breed, how do you know which hens to cycle out? Leg bands?
Hey Pete how close is your farm to Lancing NY. My wife family had a small farm near there. It is beautiful up there. I went up and caught Lake trout and Salmon in Cayuga Lake. Her Grand Mother was the Deans secretary of the Dean at Cornell for years and recently passed away. I think the farm was sold. I hate that I want get to go back. Her Grand Mother lived right across the street from the Lake. Small world!
Have you looked into a coolroom freezer? Wondering if it’s cheaper to run.
Very helpful on the turkeys thank you.
I'm 50 and now that I'm grown up I want to be a farmer like you lol. We have been raising our own meat chickens and laying chickens we also raise rabbits. I'm really enjoying it definitely a lost art. Thank yall so much for the videos and educational aspects of the small farm life style.
I need to check my freezer to see if it auto defrosts. Thanks for that tidbit of info.
Very helpful!
Great videos, can you do a video on all your freezers and your store set up.
I have a question, on your winter raised pigs, could you offer them some type of natural forage as a supplement? Like acorns, if you have access? Would it make a difference?
Pete, love the channel. You are always straight to the point and organized with your info.
What is the model and make of those freezers? If you don't mind.
Thanks for the info. My wife and I are planning to start a farm and all your videos are getting us very excited about doing it. Keep up the good work, I know it's time consuming making these videos but it's such a great help to those who want to farm and need to plan.
Great topic. I couldn't agree more on the pigs. You can certainly taste the difference.
great video very informative thanks for the information it answered a few of my questions
Love the channel Pete. Thank you for all of the great information! My wife and I are in our first year of raising meat animals. I refer back to your videos quite often. Also, greetings from northwestern Pennsylvania!