http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=home built pig ark&source=web&cd=12&ved=0CEoQtwIwCw&url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rb4wTc79jY8&ei=o5LaU7iNMc-I7Aak0YCADA&usg=AFQjCNGic350qumLdWa04CSfh3RGSKRGHA&sig2=JaLIO5Y5hhx6t5Ew5hAYNA
Probably more profit doing a few like this and selling all to family and friends.
Turnover is vanity.
Profit is sanity.
Ok.Yeh if you say so
@Piggy_jagsOk.
So how much profit is there in throwing £200000 into a shed in which to raise a couple of batches of weaner pigs a year?
Another good reason.In the last picture of post number #2, is that the owner's log cabin house than can be seen?
Another good reason.
Well, there is money in it. Certainly I can build for under £200 a place even with roadways and utilities, but doing a fair bit of the nuts and bolts myself. But yes, the chance to build a dwelling would motivate me the most.
Ok.
So how much profit is there in throwing £200000 into a shed in which to raise a couple of batches of weaner pigs a year?
about 4 years to pay for that set up, but dont forget all the muck is valuable too
Ok.about 4 years to pay for that set up, but dont forget all the muck is valuable too
Ok.
Would that mean putting maybe 14 batches through and clearing £15k on each batch?
Where would one obtain a contract to garentee such a return?
^^^^^^^To recap how the system works:
Farmer puts up (or converts) building, provides all necessary labour and straw and gets a fee and the muck.
Pig company (BQP isn't the only one) or indeed a pig farmer, provides and keeps ownership of the pigs, provides feed, veterinary care and management input and haulage in and out.
The farmer has a very low risk.
The pig company takes all the risk.
It can work well for both parties and is a very common arrangement.