Agriculture

Setting Up the Perfect 1 Acre Pig Farm (in the woods)

Running pigs in the woods is an interesting idea, especially when you have a lot of underbrush and invasive crap to clean up and want to really tear up the soil. Goats are good for some purposes, especially chewing away at brush but they won't tear up the soil like pigs will or restore it with lots of rich organic matter.

The Deutz-Allis 9170 | Successful Farming

Collateral Damage: The Deutz-Allis 9170 | Successful Farming

The Deutz-Allis 9170 is a good tractor. Maybe even a great tractor.

But man alive, if you show one to a random Allis guy, there’s a decent chance their head will explode. They’ll call it a traitor because of its green paint. Kick dirt on it. It will get awkward. At the end of the day, nobody will feel real great about it, and the 9170 gets the short end of the stick.

There is a Pennsylvania farm channel on follow on the Youtube that farms with Duetz-Allis tractors. Definitely mutant creatures of 1980s but they still do good hauling the manure and turning over the dirt.

The Fascinating Story of the Danish Protest Pigs – Daily Scandinavian

The Fascinating Story of the Danish Protest Pigs – Daily Scandinavian

Through a crafty program of crossbreeding, Danish farmers tried to create a new breed of pig that faintly resembled their beloved home’s flag. It wasn’t terribly difficult, they decided to use biology as their secret weapon. The banner of Denmark is relatively simple—a flat red background covered by a long, white Nordic cross — so all the pig needed was a coat of red fur and one or two prominent white belts. They named it Protestschwein, the Danish Protest Pig.