Comments on: Hogs On The Farm http://www.scepaniakfarms.com/blog/2005/10/25/hogs-on-the-farm/ The thoughts and journal of a Christian farm family. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 20:39:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Northern Farmer http://www.scepaniakfarms.com/blog/2005/10/25/hogs-on-the-farm/comment-page-1/#comment-286 Northern Farmer Sat, 29 Oct 2005 02:02:00 +0000 http://www.scepaniakfarms.com/blog/?p=84#comment-286 Walter, I do enjoy your photos of the pigs and sheep together.( And also the reminder of what winter looks like.) It brings back alot of memories of farms around here in my youth.The barnyards were more like zoos.The cows behind the barn with some sheep, and the hogs would live under the straw stack and come out cleaning up after them. Plus the chickens, ducks and geese always around too. The work horses over to the side munching on grass. Gee, I think I'm having visions of the future here! Tom Walter,
I do enjoy your photos of the pigs and sheep together.( And also the reminder of what winter looks like.) It brings back alot of memories of farms around here in my youth.The barnyards were more like zoos.The cows behind the barn with some sheep, and the hogs would live under the straw stack and come out cleaning up after them. Plus the chickens, ducks and geese always around too. The work horses over to the side munching on grass. Gee, I think I’m having visions of the future here!

Tom

]]> By: Walter Jeffries http://www.scepaniakfarms.com/blog/2005/10/25/hogs-on-the-farm/comment-page-1/#comment-285 Walter Jeffries Sat, 29 Oct 2005 00:32:00 +0000 http://www.scepaniakfarms.com/blog/?p=84#comment-285 I couldn't agree with you more. Not only that but our pigs are more fun than the sheep. We have both. They graze the same fields. The sheep are standoffish, except for our ram who's my pal, but the all of the pigs are friendly and always interested in a scratch. Doesn't stop them from heading to market but it is more enjoyable to raise friendly animals. I couldn’t agree with you more. Not only that but our pigs are more fun than the sheep. We have both. They graze the same fields. The sheep are standoffish, except for our ram who’s my pal, but the all of the pigs are friendly and always interested in a scratch. Doesn’t stop them from heading to market but it is more enjoyable to raise friendly animals.

]]> By: Northern Farmer http://www.scepaniakfarms.com/blog/2005/10/25/hogs-on-the-farm/comment-page-1/#comment-284 Northern Farmer Thu, 27 Oct 2005 01:02:00 +0000 http://www.scepaniakfarms.com/blog/?p=84#comment-284 KsMM, I gotta admit,I got hog raising in my blood. I know what your saying about good and bad processors. I've tasted ham and bacon so bad it wasn't fit to eat, meanwhile the next processor made it so good it was unbelievable. I used to cure some at home 25 years ago or so and will someday have to dig out my recipies and have at it again. My favorite thing is our homemade sausage. About 2/3s pork and 1/3 beef or venison, or goat for that matter. I take it over to neighbor Pete's, he has a full sized smokehouse, the size of a small building, and smoke it lightly for a day. Wow, that stuff is good on a cold winter evening! JC, Them farmers are in for a nasty surprise down the road. My personal feeling is that the liquid manure is probobly more harmful to the soil than petroleum fertilizers. Wicked stuff it is.Not at all like solid manure with bedding mix,the healthy stuff.We had four farms here do the same thing in the past ten years, putting up contract barns for that reason. There's one barn of the four left. The other three all burned down, must be the only way to get out of the contract I'm thinking. Iowa might get a little smokey in years to come. KsMM,
I gotta admit,I got hog raising in my blood. I know what your saying about good and bad processors. I’ve tasted ham and bacon so bad it wasn’t fit to eat, meanwhile the next processor made it so good it was unbelievable. I used to cure some at home 25 years ago or so and will someday have to dig out my recipies and have at it again. My favorite thing is our homemade sausage. About 2/3s pork and 1/3 beef or venison, or goat for that matter. I take it over to neighbor Pete’s, he has a full sized smokehouse, the size of a small building, and smoke it lightly for a day. Wow, that stuff is good on a cold winter evening!

JC,
Them farmers are in for a nasty surprise down the road. My personal feeling is that the liquid manure is probobly more harmful to the soil than petroleum fertilizers. Wicked stuff it is.Not at all like solid manure with bedding mix,the healthy stuff.We had four farms here do the same thing in the past ten years, putting up contract barns for that reason. There’s one barn of the four left. The other three all burned down, must be the only way to get out of the contract I’m thinking. Iowa might get a little smokey in years to come.

]]> By: James Cutler http://www.scepaniakfarms.com/blog/2005/10/25/hogs-on-the-farm/comment-page-1/#comment-283 James Cutler Wed, 26 Oct 2005 21:41:00 +0000 http://www.scepaniakfarms.com/blog/?p=84#comment-283 NF: You said it! We're waiting for our tasty pork to get done at the locker right now. We can't wait! Did you know that the hog industry has a new customer? Corn/Soy farmers. They are building the hog buildings around here so fast my head is spinning. This summer they built three within a mile of my place. You know why? They want the waste. If they break even on the hogs, they are still ahead. I was hoping they were all building because pork prices were up. Then they could drive themselves into bancruptcy quickly! No such doing. The hog factories are ruining rural life in Iowa. We're moving out. www.shadylarchfarm.com NF:

You said it! We’re waiting for our tasty pork to get done at the locker right now. We can’t wait!

Did you know that the hog industry has a new customer? Corn/Soy farmers. They are building the hog buildings around here so fast my head is spinning. This summer they built three within a mile of my place. You know why? They want the waste. If they break even on the hogs, they are still ahead.

I was hoping they were all building because pork prices were up. Then they could drive themselves into bancruptcy quickly!

No such doing. The hog factories are ruining rural life in Iowa. We’re moving out.

http://www.shadylarchfarm.com

]]> By: KSmilkmaid http://www.scepaniakfarms.com/blog/2005/10/25/hogs-on-the-farm/comment-page-1/#comment-282 KSmilkmaid Wed, 26 Oct 2005 06:21:00 +0000 http://www.scepaniakfarms.com/blog/?p=84#comment-282 Wow, you really know how to lead wanna be's. My husband was a pig farmer in high school and college. He loved it. My son, 7, aches to start a home grown pork operation. The problem is you can't find pigs any where around here. There are factory farms and they give away rejects, but who wants them sick little things anyway. We will be on the look out soon for some good breeds of pigs. Pray for us that we will find them. We could use some help with compost, whey, milk and buttermilk disposal. Also, it is hard to find a place to cure the meat very well. We had home grown pork early this year. It came back from the processor and tasted so bad. There was such a stale flavor and smell to the bacon. We did find a new processor hopefully this new one will work out for us. Thanks for this post. It was timely. Wow, you really know how to lead wanna be’s. My husband was a pig farmer in high school and college. He loved it. My son, 7, aches to start a home grown pork operation.

The problem is you can’t find pigs any where around here. There are factory farms and they give away rejects, but who wants them sick little things anyway. We will be on the look out soon for some good breeds of pigs. Pray for us that we will find them. We could use some help with compost, whey, milk and buttermilk disposal.

Also, it is hard to find a place to cure the meat very well. We had home grown pork early this year. It came back from the processor and tasted so bad. There was such a stale flavor and smell to the bacon. We did find a new processor hopefully this new one will work out for us. Thanks for this post. It was timely.

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