Raising pigs for meat? Put them to work! Pigs make great rototillers and will dig up your garden naturally, saving you money and labor. Plus, they fertilize and eat annoying pests as they're working. ...
Should You Feed Pigs Table Scraps? Here’s How to Do It and Avoid Problems
If you’re raising pigs, you might be wondering if you can feed them table scraps, and what sorts of foods you can feed them. The short answer? Just about every kind of food! However, ...
10 Essential Tips for Caring Pigs in Winter
Pigs in a blanket is a yummy, adorable appetizer - but there’s no reason to wrap your backyard pigs in blankets this winter. In fact, most pigs do just fine without any kind of supplemental heat at ...
Why Does Your Pig Have Small Litter Size and What You Can Do About It
Over the last year or so, one of the biggest issues we’ve struggled with on my farm is small pig litter sizes. This is a relatively new problem. We went from many years where litters averaged ...
Transporting Pigs: Tips and Considerations for Moving Hogs Safely
Are you moving pigs, whether to get them to slaughter or to the 4H show? If so, you’ll need to be smart about how you do it. One of the hardest things about owning a hog is figuring out how to ...
8 Common Causes of Pig Infertility and How to Address Them
If you raise your pigs for meat, the idea of breeding them, either by keeping a boar or through AI breeding, has likely crossed your mind. After all, it is usually much more economical to have your ...
Raising Pigs in Winter vs Summer – How to Decide
In the last few weeks, we have started communicating with our pork customers that we will no longer be providing them with their meat in the fall, as is customary, but in the spring. Very few ...
The Importance of Amino Acids for Pigs & How to Supplement Their Feed Correctly
The importance of amino acids for pigs, and how to correctly supplement this in their feed. If you raise pigs, you probably already know the basics. You know what to feed them, how to house ...
What Are Farrowing Crates and Are They Ethical or Not?
In the last couple of years, we’ve gone back and forth about the best ways to ensure that both our piglets and sows remain healthy, comfortable, and most importantly, alive, during the farrowing ...