Buying Feed in bulk

[baderdonna]

Does anyone know what it takes to buy in bulk? I am wanting to buy ton of feed every month and was wanting to know if anyone has gone through the process of doing this.

 

[thebanthams]

I dont have one in my area, but you may not get good quality feed.

 

[booker81]

Have you talked to you local feed mill? Depending on your location, there may be one around.

Our local feed mill here grinds a very nice quality feed, and bulk prices are available. They don't have the huge selection of feeds, and only offer 3 different chicken feeds (20% grower crumble, 16% layer mash, 16% layer crumble), but I like the quality and price way more than commercial bagged stuff. Prices have gone up recently, so I pay $28/100lbs, and would get a discount of 10% I believe if I have over 1000lbs.

 

[Oregon Blues]

I don't think 1 ton qualifies as "bulk".

Bulk feed comes in multi-hundred pound carriers that you will need a tractor to move, or it is trucked to your place and augered into a feed bin. Bulk orders are 4-5 tons or even 12-20 tons at a time.

Some feed stores will give you a discount if you buy a ton at a time. The best bet is to find where the feed is milled in your area and see if you can buy direct from the mill. I buy from the mill and it doesn't matter if I buy one bag or 1,000 bags, it is the same price per bag. However, each bag is about $5 less than what I would pay at the farm supply store.

 

[beanmcnulty]

I do it here in central ohio, I buy a ton at a time at a local mill, I am not sure if more or less quantity would cost more or less, but that is what I need/can handle at once. The bags are reusable so you pay once for them. You can request a certain percent protein and they price off of that. I pay what comes to about $13 per 50 pound bag after my transport costs are figured in.