Over the Independence Day Weekend, swimming in the Moose River I was listening to this podcast by Cody Creelman, Cow Vet: #18- Branding Time!!! - Calfhood vaccination, castration, implanting, and deworming strategies, and think that this is a good follow up to this video. Definately think about subscribing to Cody Creelman's podcast -- because even if you not intimately involved in the agriculture industry, his podcasts are very interesting.
Raising pigs for meat is a great idea for most homesteaders. Every year we raise pigs for our own family and to sell to our local community.
I was watching this video the other day, it has an interesting perspective on the economics of raising hogs on a homestead. Like most things relating to farming and homesteading, pigs aren't cheap but they produce a lot of delicious meat. Neighbors had hogs growing up and Cam Edwards of the NRA makes me hungry every time he talks about the heritage hogs he raises. Pigs aren't cheap but they sure are tasty even though you do want to have a fair bit of land to raise them as I can tell you they sure can smell as they root around in fermented grain.
