We’re a group of small farms and homesteads in western North Carolina who combine orders for bags of Sunrise Farms livestock feed and supplements, to qualify for large-order, direct-from-the-mill discounts on feed and shipping. Our discount is typically 1/3 or more off the retail price of comparable feed.
Why Sunrise Farms? They’re a family farm in central Virginia that mills high-quality livestock feed both for their own animals and for sale to other farms; they also re-package a wide variety of animal and soil supplements in 50-lb bags that you can order through our group. All of their feed is non-GMO, optionally soy-free, and much of it is milled fresh when we place our order. Sunrise’s feeds are NOT certified organic, but for those of us who aren’t certified ourselves, their feeds offer some of the benefits of organic at a much lower cost.
How it works
About a month before orders are due, we’ll email a newsletter letting you know that the online store is open for orders, updates to what’s available and and any late breaking news about the group. You can subscribe to the email list by using the sign up form located at the bottom of the home page.
You’ll pay Sunrise’s pick-up-at-the-mill prices for 50-lb bags of feed or supplements, plus a per-bag shipping charge: $3.00/bag. Minimum order size is ten 50-lb bags (1/4 ton).If your farm has an NC state sales tax exemption for farm supplies, please enclose a copy of that with your first order. If your farm is NOT exempt, you’ll need to include 7% tax with payment for your order.
You can pay for your order with a check, credit/debit card (3% fee) or by direct bank transfer (1%).
Picking up your order
It will be shipped on pallets to the loading dock at the Madison County extension office in Marshall, NC. (We’ll email you directions after you’ve placed your order.) Please come prepared to gather your bags from their shipping pallets and load them onto your vehicle, either on a pallet with the pallet jack and lift gate at the loading dock, or onto a cart you can roll onto the lift gate if a loaded pallet won’t fit on your vehicle. Please also check the capacity of your truck or trailer: Can you carry everything you ordered in one load?
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Schedule for 2024
| Order Deadlines | Pickup Dates, usually 1-4PM |
| February 5 | February 15 |
| April 8 | April 18 |
| June 3 | June 13 |
| August 5 | August 15 |
| September 30 | October 10 |
| December 2 | December 12 |