Travelled up North for a call to a dairy farmer outside Cavan who produces chickens for supply to the large multiple feed stores. He informed me that he gets 34 cent for chickens produced at 5 weeks of age. This type of return to the farmer is madness considering the margin made by the food stores at customer level. This farm gets gate price to cover the costs of heating, lighting. labour and depreciation of facilities .
Dr.Dan @ www.cows365.com