Hog Farming
One of the things I love about the agriculture industry is the passion and personal pride people have in their work. I don’t think I’ve run across anyone who is not all-in in their work. Ag is not a job, it’s a deeply rooted passion that courses through the veins like the cult-culture of an [...]
When we were in Ethiopia Gabby pulled me aside at one of the stops and asked the difference between a pig farmer and a hog farmer. It wasn’t until she pointed it out that I realized how often I use the terms interchangeably, especially in reference to myself. Probably because I am both a pig [...]
Much has changed since we last checked in on our Farrow-to-Finish litter. By the end of the first month those cute little pigs begin to look a bit more like hogs; widening, thickening, and developing an evil eye for anyone who enters their weaning shed uninvited. We still think they’re rather adorable, but the physical [...]
I think, sometimes, when consumers first hear about hurdles that face the agriculture industry they tend to think there’s nothing being done to address those hurdles. Rather than viewing how things are done now as a snapshot, a moment in time in a rapidly evolving industry that just so happens to feed the world, they [...]
It’s one of those incredibly inconvenient truths of a small, alternative hog operation; that pigs farrowed (born) in the winter are in greater demand than those farrowed in the spring, summer, and fall. You see, farrowing in the summer is relatively easy and generally costs very little. Farrowing in the spring and fall are only [...]
This girl brings bacon into the world. 
