Rabbit Farming - Profitable Commercial Rabbit Farms

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rom 2 or 3 rabbit pets in the back yard or for meat on the table, to a full time business. Growing commercial meat rabbits to supply meat processors. There are approximately 60 plus rabbit meat processors located in the USA. Most are needing new growers to grow rabbits for this market. Yes good profits can be made raising rabbits if common sense management practices are used. World population will double by year 2060; The next 53 years the number of people estimated on earth will increase at a large pace every day. Some areas will be larger than others, but all locations are increasing. An article in Farm Press August 14 2006, Texas population will double the next 50 years. Available clean water will drop by 17% during this period. This is most likely true in every state of the US. With two (2) times as many people using water and the supply of available clean water drops by 17%. This in itself is a very large formula for disaster. Six (6) pounds of rabbit meat can be grown with the same amount of clean water and feed it takes to grow one (1) pound of beef. Summer 2003 Farm Bureau magazine says South Carolina lost 1.2 million acres of crop farmland to urban development from 1980 to 2003. That is 75% of the total land area in South Carolina. That was 3 years ago. How much more farm land has been taken for urban development. This same practice of taking farm land for shopping centers and housing developments is taking place in all states. When all the farm land is taken for shopping centers, parking lots and houses, where will we grow food to feed us? For years the United Nations have been trying to increase rabbit growing in Mediterranean countries and far east. Rabbits are a meat animal that can be grown with feed stuffs that do not compete for human foods. Rabbits can produce high nutritious meat on plant items not used for human food. Chicken needs grain to produce large quantizes of meat. If you want chicken or poultry you have to give up bread. It takes 2 acres of land to grow a cow. Eight square foot hutch can grow a breeding female rabbit and her liter. This one breeding rabbit will produce the same number pounds of meat as a cow. The same feed to grow one (1) pound of beef will produce 6 pounds of rabbit meat. Couple this with the fact most areas of the world will not be able to produce enough food to feed the people by year 2020. Will government people wake up to these facts in time to do something so enough food can be produced? Will the urban sprawl be stopped in time? Will our agriculture experts start working to increase animal production that can be grown that will produce enough food? A growing increasing rabbit meat industry is one of the most valuable assets the USA has today. I do not think it is the only answer but can be a big part. Already so much of our fresh produce is being imported from other countries. How long will the terrorist, that want to kill Americans, wait until they start poisoning our fresh food. With this food being imported, the USA has no control over its food supply. I encourage any American that has ever given any thoughts of growing commercial meat rabbits.

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