Orders for High Plains Food Cooperative closed last night at midnight. Prairie House had a record month. We are pleased...now the animals can continue to eat!
Our biggest $$ seller by far was the Jalapeno Peanut Brittle, followed by Evelyne's delicious Angel Food cakes. The powdered garlic as well as the garlic bulbs were also big sellers.
We only sold 8 dozen eggs and had to squeeze the hens hard to make that. We ran out of milo and wheat so we put them on a diet of Triticale, a grain which is a hybrid of rye and wheat. It is very high in protein and a great food for cattle. The goats love it. The chickens failed to thrive on it and egg production went to nearly zero. We discovered the problem is a missing enzyme in the grain which makes the protein unaccessable to the chickens.
We are waiting for the milo to be harvested from the fields so we can get them back on track with their favorite foods. Hopefully production will pick up in time for the holidays!
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