r/OrganicFarming

Hey everyone,

I've been digging into poultry feed lately, trying to actually understand where things go wrong before I build anything not just take it from industry reports.

Would love to hear from anyone running a farm any size, though I'm especially curious to talk to people running bigger operations

1.What's the most frustrating part of your feed situation right now — cost, consistency, availability, nutrition, or something else?

2.Roughly what are you paying per kg (or per bird cycle), and how much has that moved in the last year or two?

3.Ever dealt with inconsistent quality, contamination, or feed that just didn't perform the way it should?

4.Tried any alternative protein sources, like insect meal or algae? What happened?

5.Is there anything that would make you switch suppliers immediately if it existed?

Not selling anything here — genuinely just trying to learn from people who deal with this daily. If you're running something bigger, I'd love to jump on a quick call — feel free to DM me.

Thanks so much, really appreciate any insight!

I want to discuss whether organic farming is just a hobby, or whether it can be a profitable business like chemical farming.

Hi,

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I am a farmer and pesticide shop owner too. I do both organic and chemical farming.

In organic farming I face the following problem :

* Weed control : cost is high (have to use manual labor to take out weed from the crop)

* NPK content low : Well, organic soil is rich in good living microorganisms, but organic soil has very low NPK content as compared to chemical NPK, which decreases production significantly by around 40-60% in a long duration crop (which take 4–5 months crop grow like rice, wheat, cron).

* Disease control : In organic farming there is no effective cure for disease for fungus, virus, bacterial and other pest diseases. Most organic pesticides work best in preventive spray. This also causes a significant decrease in production and if any disease gets out of control then you may lose your whole crop production.

*The cost of organic fertilizer and pesticides is very high : making vermicomposting takes a lot of time, labor & land and buying vermicomposting is also expensive. Organic pesticides also cost a minimum of 30% more than traditional chemical pesticides.

* Selling your production : For organic production maximum, you can get 30% more value compared to chemical production.

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From my experience

* There are very limited options where you can sell your organic production. And if you are lucky, you can get max to 30% value more from your production compare to chemical production. Also, remember in the long-duration crop, we see a 40%–60% drop in production.

* Organic farming needs a lot of pre-planning (like making vermicomposting and other things), lots of labor and organic pesticides cost a lot.

* Profit : Most of the time I make equal profit from the organic crop and the chemical crop. Sometimes I get 10 -25% more value from an organic crop.

Finally, I want to say : organic farming is very risky, labor-intensive and needs top-notch management.

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For me, it seems like organic farming is just a hobby. For those who have a lot of time in their hand.

In profitability view : Chemical farming is just

more profitable and less risky.

I want to see other farmer's view on this too.

LoamLedger.org Many things work better on desktop, mobile is great for recording work done, but difficult to use for drawing fields and making a crop plan.

I'd love any feedback you may have! I want to get this fully polished by the end of Sep.