Like was mentioned the koi, goldfish, and pond fish in your pond do not DO much during the winter months. Spring will be here soon enough and your fish will start again with their antics and amusing behavior.ome people add salt to their ponds. I personally am not a practitioner of adding salt unless it is for treatment purposes, but if you do add salt to your pond you should dilute your salt levels during cold winter months.
Variable costs include operating costs, she says. As for the capital cost of putting in a grain bin, the current cost for a 10,000-bushel capacity is $32,525, says Luke-Morgan, or $3.25 per bushel for installing that infrastructure. A 20,000-bushel capacity bin is approximately $48,000 or $2.40 per bushel. This is a turnkey operation, including a concrete base, she says.
The August index for feed grains and hay, at 258, is down 9.8 percent from July and 17 percent below a year ago. The corn price, at $6.02 per bushel, is 77 cents lower than July and $1.61 below August 2012. The all hay price, at $180 per ton, is down $10 from July and $3 below last August. The August index for potatoes, at 189, is down 18 percent from July but 31 percent above August 2012. The all dry bean price, at $41.60 per hundredweight, is up $1.10 from the previous month and $1.80 above August 2012.