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Feeding a Pig (For Market)
Add to Favorites By Mel Dickinson – The spring and summer are a great time to bring pigs onto your farm or homestead. Within a few months, it is possible …
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Silvopasture Explained
Add to Favorites By Mel Dickinson – Silvopasture, also known as agroforestry, is a farming method that includes the use of timber, livestock, and forage together in the same section …
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How to Start Raising Pigs on Pasture
Add to Favorites The latest project here on our farm is raising pigs on pasture. In the last year and a half, seven litters of piglets have arrived, showed off …
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8 Pig Diseases the Small Producer Should Know
Add to Favorites While pigs are generally a hardy livestock to raise, you should be aware of certain pig diseases and how to proceed, should your pig become ill. Pigs …
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What is Rotational Grazing and Why is it Misunderstood?
Add to Favorites With Spencer Smith – Many people want to know what is rotational grazing and why is it misunderstood? Good grazing practices are often thought of as rotational …
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Raising Piglets: Ensuring Your Little Ones Are Born Safely
Add to Favorites By Jodi Cronauer, Patton, Pennsylvania – Springtime! The time of rebirth, awakening, and babies! For those of us raising piglets, this is a time of little ones running through …
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Free Range Pig Farming on the Homestead
Add to Favorites By Al Doyle – With free-range pig farming, you’ll be raising your own high-quality meat. Like other home-raised food products, meat from a homestead hog is far superior …
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How to Start Pig Farming Today
Add to Favorites By Marc Burdiss – I’ve always wanted pigs and been curious to learn how to start pig farming. I’ve never owned pigs, never even was a close …
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Tips on How to Raise a Pig for Meat
Add to Favorites By Todd Quinn – I never thought I would raise my own pig, but as Thomas Jefferson once said, “I am an old man, but a new …
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Cold Weather Tips for Raising Hogs for Meat
Add to Favorites Cold weather requires some planning for any homesteader raising hogs for meat. In the area of proper nutrition, thought and extra effort must be given to available …
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