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| I have 8 Berkshire sows so I don't claim to be in the same class as the rest of you but a least there are pigs on the farm. I finish out as many as I can sell directly to my customers and sell the excess as barbeque pigs at 40#. I can't imagine selling hogs at market prices with todays feed costs. The pigs are my excuse to get out of the house in the winter. I can tend to them in as little 15 minutes if it's cold and nasty or stretch it out to a hour or more if I want to stay out. I also buy feeder steers and finish them out for direct sales but I don't get them same satisfaction from them as with the pigs which I breed, farrow, and finish. There is nothing that compares to home raised pork and beef. BTW I'm on the Eastern Shore of MD which is chicken country. I love to use the chicken manure but would hate to raise the chickens. I've always considered raising chickens to be indentured servitude to the integrator and to Farm Credit.
Edited by David in MD 8/14/2008 17:28
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How many pig farmers here???
