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February 22, 2005

Search on for Propane Alternatives on Poultry Farms

If you think skyrocketing fuel prices are hitting you hard in the wallet, just put yourself in poultry growers

Fuel for space heating is typically the single greatest annual operating expense for broiler producers in the U.S., and number-crunching by Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station (AAES) economists at Auburn University shows that record-high prices for propane to heat broiler houses are sending poultry farmers

Posted by Jim Langcuster at February 22, 2005 05:07 PM
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