Home Raised Pork:  What Are The Butchering Costs?
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Home Raised Pork: What Are The Butchering Costs?

What you are paying for Cost Slaughter fee for pigs less than 300 pounds $100/each Slaughter fee for pigs more than 300 pounds $0.60/pound Curing and smoking $0.70/pound Organic $0.30/pound Stuffed Sausage $0.40/pound Bratwurst (10 flavor mixes to choose from) $0.70/pound Breakfast Links $1.00/pound Smoked Sausage $1.35/pound Here are the prices and options for pork…

The Best Pigs For Breeding Stock: A Beginner’s Guide
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The Best Pigs For Breeding Stock: A Beginner’s Guide

Choosing breeding stock is exciting and a time that will hopefully mark the start of a new successful business for you and your farm! You’re bound to have a lot of choices and questions, let’s get going! Choose breeding stock pigs by defining what you want (your priority), listing out any thing you do not…

Costs Of Raising Feeder Pigs Born On Your Farm
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Costs Of Raising Feeder Pigs Born On Your Farm

Stage of production or growth Feed Cost: Bulk100# bags @ feed mill Feed Cost: Brand Name50# bags @ farm store Sow while nursing $170.80 $307.44 Sow during gestation $106.40 $191.52 Creep feed for piglets $10.00 each$100 for litter $18.00 each$180.00 for litter Feed after weaning $12.00 each$120 for litter $21.60 each$216.00 for litter Total: 10…

When Is Your Pig Ready To Butcher?  5 Ways To Figure It Out
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When Is Your Pig Ready To Butcher? 5 Ways To Figure It Out

You’ve started raising a few feeder pigs and are well on your way to having a freezer full of the highest quality, wonderfully flavorful pork! Now, the big question: How do you know when those pigs are ready to butcher? Most pigs in the U.S. would be butchered at 250-300 pounds live weight or between…