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Chicken
Farm Opportunities copyright by Jody Hudson 2000-2007 Delaware is one of the most popular places on earth to grow chickens. Purdue Chicken Farms dot the land in Sussex County Delaware and hundreds, perhaps thousands of Sussex Countians make a living or an additional income by growing chickens in chicken houses for Purdue, Tyson's, Allen's, Mount Aire or the spot chicken market, and often on the same land with their home. If you are
interested in buying a chicken farm and joining this
honorable, productive and rewarding lifestyle: I
strongly suggest that you contact Delmarva Poultry
Industry to seek information on where you can learn
about chicken growing as well:
dpi@dpichicken.com Be VERY, very wary;
this is one of the toughest businesses I know of and
you need to be fully educated before you make a firm
decision to become a chicken farmer... it is TOUGH
to make a living but a great lifestyle. Purdue Farms may have a program where you can purchase property and have a chicken farm operation built. This takes quite a long time to qualify for and after that quite a long time to accomplish; a couple of years or more. You may want to check with www.Purdue.com to see if they have a New Grower Program available now. The farms we may be able to find will, almost certainly, no longer qualify for Purdue, http://www.perdue.com even if they have been in the past, as Purdue requires very, very, expensive, extensive, and frequent, equipment upgrades and those alone may will be well above your budget. AND, if a Purdue Grower has the chicken houses up to date, they are seldom, if ever, for sale. There are
several other poultry businesses you can grow for,
other than Purdue, and you can also grow for the
spot market. A good source of information is The
Delmarva Poultry Industry organization:
http://www.dpichicken.org
Mountaire Farms Healthy Poultry Products
are recognized worldwide for highest quality chicken
and chicken meal products. Whether it be
private label store
branded over-wrap products for their retail partners
or their broad range of products for the
international,
food
service or commodity
wholesale markets,
Mountaire Farms consistently meets or exceeds the
the highest levels of the poultry industry.
Please let
us know how you plan to fund this purchase; if you
need a lender please contact Steven, or one of the
other Account Executives in the Georgetown Office of
Farm Credit above and get that done so you know you
have the money. OR, let us know if you have cash on
hand or what other plan you have for the purchase. Many times the chicken farm, which may be available for resale, is only available with a home included and that takes the price up too. There have been some chicken farms available without homes in the last few years, they may have been sold and if so, Kate will have that in what she sends you, so you can get an idea of values; remembering to add the appreciation for the time since it sold. Most agents and most sellers are not well versed in values of a chicken farm and usually they are listed for FAR more than they are worth. Farm Credit will keep you safe as to value of a farm and we will work with them for that reason as well. Often sellers and agents think that a chicken farm has development potential; that is almost never true because the land that chicken houses sit on are generally unqualified as to type of land, location, soils types, and legislation. I have not seen a single one of the chicken farms that SAY they are suitable for development - that really are even possible to develop in over twenty years. In addition to that the cost of removing a chicken house so that the land can be developed is prohibitive!!! Exceedingly prohibitive. Again, the first and most important thing for you to do at this point is arrange funding as finding FUNDING is the greatest hurdle of all in purchasing poultry property. NOTES to a prospective buyer:
Are you familiar with the importance and value to
you of having your own agent – your own Buyer’s
Agent - and if so are you looking to work with a
Buyer’s Agent? If you are somewhat unfamiliar with
that concept here is an article that explains the
importance of such: If you choose to work with us as your agents, we promise to do our utmost for you and in your favor, to give you our full allegiance and to respond promptly to you and ask the same of you in return! The best way to get the best deal is to be knowledgeable about the market, have an aggressive Buyers Agent such as we are that will look out for your interests primarily, and to keep fine tuning your knowledge about the exact property you want so that you know the best deal when you see it. The best deals on the market in any particular property right now are selling almost immediately as there are many people looking and all are looking for the best deal. Properties not priced correctly, especially chicken farms may stay on the market three years or more... these may be ready to accept an offer and as your agent we can find that information for YOU when we are representing YOU... Take a good look at our various articles and essays to learn about our market here: http://www.kate-jody.com/essays/index.html and in particular read Low Priced Properties Are Available If You Know How To Buy Them Get a Buyers Agent for the BEST DEAL Possible What the owner paid is a matter of public record in the court house but I personally don’t ever bother to even check as I know it does not affect what the seller will take for the property. Another thing to be aware of: in our area the value of a property has little if anything to do with the structure value; this may even include chicken houses UNLESS they are fully updated which costs thousands of dollars per year. Land value is usually between 75% and often up to 90% and even 100% of the value of a property here. In other markets the structure can be 75% to 90% of the value and the land very little. Therefore in our area fixer-uppers save you little if any money because all of the value or most of the value is in the land. You will do yourself a favor if you use Kate and Jody as your Buyers Agents: http://www.kate-jody.com/essays/buyersagent.html =================================================== Click; Here are some Aerial Photos of Salt Water Sussex County Delaware aka Eastern Sussex County Delaware! Country Homes... some on acreage. Farm Land from 5 acres to hundreds. Timber Land and even Cut Over Timber Land sometimes. Rural Business opportunities and properties which are more likely to get zoning approval for such.
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