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Re: Farming Investors

waldo5 — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 20:51:34 GMT

I can truthfully say no i can't provide that information, and that is only from lack of knowledge. But thanks to your input, lighthouse and bridge, my knowledge is growing. You both can be sure that is on my aggenda for this week, and there will be knew posts! Thanks to all!

Mike

Re: Farming Investors

Lighthouse24 — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 20:32:19 GMT

I'd imagine that Waldo5 can provide all that to a serious investor (right, Waldo5?). The size of the farm and methods of caging, feeding, caretaking, etc. can all affect the metrics -- and some of those details are probably proprietary.

Re: Farming Investors

Bridge — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 20:21:02 GMT

The clarification certainly helps. In an earlier post I brought up the sq/ft seemed high trying to get a better understainding of the project (I could not envision a $1,000/sq.ft. chocken coupe!) but it was not addressed until several posts later.

I still think an income projectioin is necessary. What are the metris here? How many chicken can the barn hold and what is teh average yield per chiocken?

Re: Farming Investors

Lighthouse24 — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 20:08:31 GMT

Bridge, the initial post said 500 ft -- not 500 square feet. Easy to understand the confusion, but these types of livestock barns are nearly all 40 foot or 50 foot modular clearspan, so when talking barns, agri-business folks generally talk total length.

Re: Farming Investors

Bridge — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 19:57:26 GMT

Waldo, you never mentioned a 260,00 sq/ft building, only a 5000 Ft building!

Still, the first think you need to do is come up with income projections.

Re: Farming Investors

waldo5 — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 19:47:18 GMT

well here in my area, the company is looking for farmers to open a 500 ft long, 26,000 sq. ft. building to raise cage free birds, that house 20,000 birds. That is what they are looking for, so i am trying to find a way to put up a building., But thinks for the humor!

Re: Farming Investors

Bridge — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 19:33:16 GMT

It appears that a 500 sq/ft facility would not be appropriate for a "commercial" egg laying opportuntiy unless you just want to lay an egg...sorry could not resist.

Re: Farming Investors

Lighthouse24 — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 19:18:15 GMT

Just FYI . . . an egg farm near me has around 40,000 laying hens (that's tiny by egg farm standards), and the 21-year-old barns for them (about 48,000 sf total) are assessed at slightly more than $1.2 million.

Re: Farming Investors

waldo5 — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 18:45:47 GMT

A similer barn went up near me, it is 26,000 sq. ft. it will house 20,000 cage free hens.

Re: Farming Investors

waldo5 — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 17:40:54 GMT

I'm not sure yet of my annual profit as of yet.

I believe the cost for the building is an estimated cost.
But thank you for the insite and i am going to look into the actual cost down to the penny, for future refrence.

I am greatful for all the help!