Posted by Bkpigs on May 19, 2015 at 20:25:00 from (50.109.107.120):
Anyone have experience with raising hogs of pasture? I am trying to find ways to make more use out of my property. I currently have 23 acres; of which about 10 or eleven are hay and 7 of it is timber with the rest in ponds and the homeplace. 11 acres is a bit too much hay for my work schedule and equipment to be doing myself. I am raising Holstein steers but I direct market them so I am not capable of jumping too quickly on the number of those.
I worked for a large hog farm for 7 years and have a college degree in Animal Science so I have plenty of experience with hogs, it is just raising them on pasture and in smaller numbers that has me baffled. How many sows can I run per acre on the hay fields or timber? What about Boar management with a small number of sows? How do you handle the farrowing and subsequent re-breeding?
Anyone know of a good book to start with? Or website?
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