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A fired salesman in his 60s raised 3,000 pasture broilers his first summer. By year two, he hit 10,000. His words: "I've never made so much money farming, but I've never been so tired." Joel Salatin's fix: Two neighbor boys, high school kids, raising 20,000 birds at a dollar... a head. Three months of work. Ten thousand dollars each. The margin drops from $5 a bird to $4. But the total flips from $50,000 to $80,000. Piecework pays $35 to $40 an hour when you hit the benchmark. The ones who complain there's no money in it are the ones who won't do the work. The system filters itself. No hourly employees. No firing. You either produce or you move on. That's how you build a farm without going broke on labor. Your rancher, Jason Hanley | 208-714-0478show more

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AcmeAcres.us16 days ago

We sell direct for the same reason. Cut the labor drain, keep the margin. | 208-714-0478

AcmeAcres.us16 days ago

Source: Joel Salatin on The Stockman Grassfarmer

Republican Farmer16 days ago

It's almost like cheap labor is necessary to make money farming, because food has been devalued.

Lonnie Frericks16 days ago

do you know what Joel pays his interns, the college kids?

Cyborg Bear16 days ago

It works a lot better in some states than others. It's nearly impossible to profit on meat chickens in Michigan, if you follow the tyrannical government rules.

Anon's Agent16 days ago

Share cropping, but not to exploit, to filter for hardworking community.

your name16 days ago

lol. There’s literally books on what a bad deal this is. In a ranked system where you only do ok until there’s a new sucker to take your place.

David Ferguson16 days ago

And feed costs what. Or is the $1 per accounting for feed.

emtiariem16 days ago

I think we should bring back slavery. Capture any illegal and they are yours.

UsedtobeCFBfan15 days ago

Joel has dozens of hands on his farm. He makes serious money. The people that do the work are "interns" who make ZERO money while he pockets it all

Inner Health Today16 days ago

Just need my 200 acres, well, and 100k herd of sheep to get started..... So maybe 600k in Oklahoma...

Carol McDougal16 days ago

But where do you get your birds butchered?

jj16 days ago

Onward!!

Gwyn 🏴‍☠️16 days ago

Your rancher Jason Henley didn’t write this He put prompts on AI and a machine spat out slop

Dan Scott16 days ago

Great jpb

J C Adams15 days ago

So I've heard, large buyers will suddenly buy from someone else and there will be no buyer for 20,000 birds.

Manhattan Beach Bum15 days ago

That is why piece work is popular in construction. It is also the great equalizer against racism, or any other prejudices. It is exactly why capitalism is not racist, because you need to achieve the lowest cost or you go out of business, and that means hiring the best person for the job.

Dwight Eichorn ∞/21M15 days ago

Most farms in the USA are far away from large affluent neighborhoods like Joel is fortunate and even Joel's area is easily saturated with $40 chicken which is what it takes to make his math work.

Marie Louise Jones15 days ago

Wow…..

Oddjob 🇺🇸15 days ago

Noted.

Jessthefacts16 days ago

My parents grew commercial and now do this. They’re loving it.

Small Batch Steve16 days ago

This is an awesome story and model. More direct rancher operations! ✊️🔥

OhioRizz16 days ago

@JoelSalatin is always good wisdom and advice

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This is Sudesii Awal, a 17-year-old boy from Oromo, Ethiopia, who has been held for months by human traffickers in Southern Libya for a hefty ransom. It all starts with the disappearance of your child, who is only 17. You begin to wonder what happened. Did he flee forced conscription to the capital, Addis Ababa? You are stuck in those thoughts; no phone call comes. You can’t report to the police because trusting them to make any effort is a waste of time. Weeks pass, perhaps a month. Then, in the middle of the night, a message arrives, a call goes unanswered, and the following day, an image and a video arrive from a number bearing the country code of Libya. You struggle to believe what you see: it is your son, stripped half-naked and being beaten. He is malnourished and probably won’t live long. He begs you, addressing you by name: “Pay them, release me from my pain, sell whatever; these people are going to kill me.” In the background of his pleas are continuous whips that land on his back; his knees bleed in the process. The human traffickers know all languages except for mercy and humane treatment. They care only for money. “Send money, $10,000, or else we will kill your son. You have one week to send the money, or else each day he loses a finger.” The phone goes silent. The next day, they send you horrific images and bank information to which you are requested to send the ransom. You have never seen an American dollar banknote bearing the face of Benjamin Franklin, the father of some evil? Your land, even if weighed against this foreign banknote, wouldn’t amount to $10,000 worth. You begin to contemplate what else can be done. You think of the police still not a chance. You think of the neighbors; they, too, have no resources that may amount to the demanded ransom. You email and call UN agencies in Libya, but no one answers. You are left with your nightmare and a son who loses a piece of his body every day as long as you do not meet the demands of the human traffickers. Forced by these circumstances, you appear on TikTok and other social platforms to ask for help, to collect coins in the hope of assembling the ransom. People in your community, though generous, can only give 50 cents each. Bit by bit, you are forced to exhibit your son’s suffering to the world by no relevant actor moves a toe to do their mandate.

This is Sudesii Awal, a 17-year-old boy from Oromo, Ethiopia, who has been held for months by human traffickers in Southern Libya for a hefty ransom. It all starts with the disappearance of your child, who is only 17. You begin to wonder what happened. Did he flee forced conscription to the capital, Addis Ababa? You are stuck in those thoughts; no phone call comes. You can’t report to the police because trusting them to make any effort is a waste of time. Weeks pass, perhaps a month. Then, in the middle of the night, a message arrives, a call goes unanswered, and the following day, an image and a video arrive from a number bearing the country code of Libya. You struggle to believe what you see: it is your son, stripped half-naked and being beaten. He is malnourished and probably won’t live long. He begs you, addressing you by name: “Pay them, release me from my pain, sell whatever; these people are going to kill me.” In the background of his pleas are continuous whips that land on his back; his knees bleed in the process. The human traffickers know all languages except for mercy and humane treatment. They care only for money. “Send money, $10,000, or else we will kill your son. You have one week to send the money, or else each day he loses a finger.” The phone goes silent. The next day, they send you horrific images and bank information to which you are requested to send the ransom. You have never seen an American dollar banknote bearing the face of Benjamin Franklin, the father of some evil? Your land, even if weighed against this foreign banknote, wouldn’t amount to $10,000 worth. You begin to contemplate what else can be done. You think of the police still not a chance. You think of the neighbors; they, too, have no resources that may amount to the demanded ransom. You email and call UN agencies in Libya, but no one answers. You are left with your nightmare and a son who loses a piece of his body every day as long as you do not meet the demands of the human traffickers. Forced by these circumstances, you appear on TikTok and other social platforms to ask for help, to collect coins in the hope of assembling the ransom. People in your community, though generous, can only give 50 cents each. Bit by bit, you are forced to exhibit your son’s suffering to the world by no relevant actor moves a toe to do their mandate.

Refugees In Libya

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Chris Hope, "You haven't yet seen off the threat of an inquiry into this gift you have from a crypto billionaire" Nigel Farage, "Who cares, who cares?" "I've broken no law, I've broken no tax law, I've taken no public money.. Maybe I haven't fill in a piece of paper" Lee Anderson, "A Farage win tonight is a win for democracy" GB News reporter, "Your main competition is a guy with a bin on his head, its not much of a victory is it" "This is the most rightwing seat in the country.. Farage knew he was going to win.. It's cost £250,000.. Can you honestly hand on heart say that is a good use of very scarce taxpayer money?" Robert Jenrick, "You can't put a price on British democracy"

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