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<blockquote data-quote="mixedfarming6910" data-source="post: 9205082" data-attributes="member: 172001"><p>We went into broiler coming up 10 years, we are please we went into it, there is big variation of performance we find, there can be a lot of money between the top performers and poorer performers, if a small amount of maintenance is done the equipment in the broiler sheds should last on for 20 years in my opinion, there a lot more layer farmers in our area than broiler and from speaking to them the egg market seems more volatile than the broilers, last year we i went to the NFU poultry conference and the egg farmers were complaining they were loosing money big time, at the time the broiler job wasn't great mainly to do with high input but it was still okay, this year the egg job seems to flying, but the broiler is quite a bit better due to margins lifting slightly and lower input costs. </p><p>Build cost for both broiler and eggs have risen massively in the last few years, broiler sheds probably more so and most new builds now have to have scrubbers to pass emissions once you go past 40K bird numbers, the broiler industry is changing quite dramatically at the moment with more and more supermarkets opting for birds the have been grown in lower stocked sheds, which in the future is going to mean there is going to less output and will probably mean we will need more floorspace, if i was advising anyone to get into poultry at the moment i would speak to a well established planning consultant that will tell you what is possible in your area, some companies will put planning in for you and just take your money, others will say if they think you have a chance and might be able to give you a rough cost so you don't get a big shock</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mixedfarming6910, post: 9205082, member: 172001"] We went into broiler coming up 10 years, we are please we went into it, there is big variation of performance we find, there can be a lot of money between the top performers and poorer performers, if a small amount of maintenance is done the equipment in the broiler sheds should last on for 20 years in my opinion, there a lot more layer farmers in our area than broiler and from speaking to them the egg market seems more volatile than the broilers, last year we i went to the NFU poultry conference and the egg farmers were complaining they were loosing money big time, at the time the broiler job wasn't great mainly to do with high input but it was still okay, this year the egg job seems to flying, but the broiler is quite a bit better due to margins lifting slightly and lower input costs. Build cost for both broiler and eggs have risen massively in the last few years, broiler sheds probably more so and most new builds now have to have scrubbers to pass emissions once you go past 40K bird numbers, the broiler industry is changing quite dramatically at the moment with more and more supermarkets opting for birds the have been grown in lower stocked sheds, which in the future is going to mean there is going to less output and will probably mean we will need more floorspace, if i was advising anyone to get into poultry at the moment i would speak to a well established planning consultant that will tell you what is possible in your area, some companies will put planning in for you and just take your money, others will say if they think you have a chance and might be able to give you a rough cost so you don't get a big shock [/QUOTE]
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