We sell freezer pigs. We make it clear that we use GMO corn and antibiotics when needed. Pigs come out of a regular commercial herd.
I get my pigs from a lifelong friend. I pay him a premium for messing with small numbers (10 to 12 at a time).
We price our pork by taking our actual cost of the pig, feed & bedding, then tack on a set profit for us. The pigs we sold last month brought $1.20/lb hanging weight.
We take care of everything, feeding, scheduling & delivery to processor. All the customer has to do is pay us and and pay the processor when they pick up the packaged frozen meat.
We allow customers to visit the pigs in the barn if they want, as they grow. We also send weekly texts/pictures to keep them up to date on the growing porkers.
Almost all of our customers have been back for more halves/wholes and many have reccomended us to others. Most of our pigs are already sold before we even put them in the barn.
We never bad mouth production farms, in fact, I often educate people how their pork is much the same as ours. But they like to meet the people raising their food I guess.
I won't complain, it's getting to be a nice sideline business.
Tim
This post was edited by NW Ohio Tim at 09:16:47 09/17/15.
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