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[Market-farming] Organic egg producer looking for organic grain
- From: CAVM AT aol.com
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- Subject: [Market-farming] Organic egg producer looking for organic grain
- Date: Sun, 5 Dec 2004 17:45:45 EST
http://www.timeswrsw.com/N1203041.HTM
12-03-2004 Egg Processor Makes Plea For Organic Grain BY TERESA SMITH, Times-Union Staff Writer KENDALLVILLE – Egg Innovations needs 7,000 acres of organically produced grain, preferably grown as close to the Atwood processing center as possible. The company is appealing to regional farmers to grow the pesticide- and herbicide-free grain. "The demand for organic feed is tremendous," said Bob Schwartz, a consultant for Egg Innovations, at a Farm Bureau-sponsored conference about organic egg and grain production Thursday. "Last year we had a four-month feed supply produced in this country; the rest had to come from Brazil. We have to have partnerships with farmers able to raise these crops." Schwartz threw out prices of $12 a bushel for soybeans, $6.50 a bushel for corn and $6 a bushel for wheat grown organically. Egg Innovations markets and sells organic eggs as well as cage-free, Omega 3 and vegetarian eggs. They partner with people to raise the chickens (flocks of 16,000 to produce organic eggs). The birds are raised cage-free and have access to the outdoors. Ideally, the organic grain would be grown within a 10-mile area. There is an organic feed mill in Pierceton. |
- [Market-farming] Organic egg producer looking for organic grain, CAVM, 12/05/2004
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