This little piggy went to the market…..” With profit margins razor thin, one of the hottest trends among small farmers these ...

The “Pastured Pigs for Meat and Profit” Facebook page is administered by Carl Blake, owner of Rustik Rooster Farms of Eldon, Mo. Blake is known for having developed the Swabian-Hall breed, a ...

Tiny Pasture is a cute and cozy management idler that puts you in charge of a miniature farm. As you grow your collection of ...

Raise heritage pig breeds for composting and plowing new ground. Learn how to raise pigs naturally for some of the best tasting pork you’ve ever had. As if raising your own Sunday bacon weren ...

Particularly, we used a fast-growing, lean breed, one that was bred for growth rate and not pasture behavior or superior meat quality — just an average pig. This small study placed 10 pigs on a third ...

The pig was an Idaho Pasture pig, a medium-size breed (adult sows, such as this one, generally weigh 250 to 350 pounds) that according to the Idaho Pasture Pig Registry is "exceptionally friendly ...

READ Selecting the right pig breed for your farm. Goble had already decided to farm the pigs on pasture as an improved and cost-effective means of producing pork after he read Joel Salatin’s work on ...

Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Biotechnology and Disease Control and Prevention, College of Animal Science and Technology, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai' an City, China Shandong ...

More food news: Lennie's restaurant in Bloomington sold to 2 former employees All the pigs are raised for their meat. The pigs are pasture-fed and also eat small portions of a non-GMO custom feed ...