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Macfarlane Pheasant Sales Manager Sarah Pope on the impact of grain prices on pheasant farmers.
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First beef and chicken prices jumped on higher feed costs and now presence of feeling the pinch on those high grain prices Jeff Flock is live.
Enough present capital of North America he's -- in the middle of it Janesville Wisconsin Jeff.
MacFarlane -- essence it's the largest pheasant farm in net.
Well we think in the world but we know in the US and in North America and you're looking inside -- breeder barn right now -- -- Pope with me as may be.
But I tell you -- you've got a huge operation here.
What the stuff that they eat just like everybody else it raises livestock these days and more -- Yes definitely -- the grain prices are definitely affecting our business.
As as they have everybody -- we put up the charts for.
You know things like go live cattle and lean hogs.
Obviously the prices they're depressed because a lot of people sold off urge you haven't had to do that.
Though your business continues to expect -- -- a lot of the smaller producers are going out of business they can't handle that raising raising -- places you guys have actually hedged better they use you know the CME.
Just like a lot of people use the CMA but I got so yeah.
These are both both girls and boys -- written -- once that you -- kind of like up a little you know what color around those of the boys are.
-- -- those -- the pretty ones there's three -- thousand that's tens -- -- in this -- Interest in real quick come over here -- and come over here -- me because you can if you look under here novel I don't step on one but.
This is where they lay their eggs take a look.
Back in if you you could feel that right now that's war that has just been -- That's what they do they lay these eggs all over -- people like these whole foods actually.
Buys from you guys now because they love this free range.
You know raising of animals it's not like the chickens you know northern Africans find space this is all kind of a friendly space to the -- And that's idea they must be happy.
Because there you go the fruits of their labor.
Look at that.
Scrambled or over easing of -- credit don't flock thank you so much very interesting tape fascinating thank you --
