Sustainability
Today, global warming is a large growing concern. Agriculture is often blamed as a cause for this. The truth is, it is a mere 9.36% of...
Showers, Showers, and More Showers.
Every pig farm has their own biosecurity procedures. When I exit my vehicle onto a farm, I put booties over my shoes to walk into the...
We Care
Animal health and welfare is a high concern for everyone involved with swine production. Without healthy animals we wouldn't have good...
Penny the Pig
When they say enjoy it while it lasts because before you know it, it will be over, they aren’t kidding. You don’t realize how fast the...
The Why
I grew up raising pigs for shows, every year picking some out and hoping to make it to the final drive. Yes, it is awesome to continually...
Piggin' Out
For the last ten years I have faced endless questions of why and how I can put so much time into raising a show animal just to send it to...
Pork Chop
Everyone loves bacon, but what about all the other meat that comes from a pig? Do we know how to cook it? Or what temperature to cook it...
Ear Notches
When pigs are born, they are usually born in a litter of ten or more. If there are many sows this makes for many, many piglets. Ear...
Healthy Pigs, Happy Farmer.
Farmers take many steps in order to keep their herds healthy with any animals, but in pigs it seems like sickness can spread like...
What is farrowing?
What is farrowing and why do pig farmers keep using that term? Farrowing is a term for giving birth specifically for pigs, "that sow...
