Ep. 5 - Raising Pastured Pigs w/ Luke Groce

Listen and Subscribe to the Podcast (iTunes)

https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/small-farm-academy...

 

Luke Groce, of Groce Family Farm joins me today to discuss the details of pastured pork production. Luke started with a market garden and has grown to added pork to his offerings. In this episode we get into the economics of how much you can expect to earn from one pig and the associated costs with it.

We touch on briefly why pastured pork is superior to dirt lot pig farming, but in all honestly, we could devote a whole show to this subject. The short of it is that you are raising better pork and paying less in feed while actually adding value to your land. 

Listen to the Show on Itunes

Listen to the Show on LibSyn

 

Resources Mentioned:

Groce Family Farm

Have Questions for Luke? - Email him - [email protected]

See Luke's farm on Instagram- instagram.com/grocefamilyfarm

Project Pig Planner - (basic hog feed conversion table)

Hog carcass yields page referenced

The Livestock Conservancy

 

 

Thanks for joining us this week! How did you like the format of the show? Have any suggestions to improve the listening experience? Questions about any of the content? Leave a note in the comments below, we would love to hear from you.

If you love this show, please leave a review of the podcast. It will help the show immensely. I really appreciate it! https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/small-farm-academy...

Support the Show on Patreon

If you want to support the show, kick us a buck or two per episode on our Patreon campaign. It really helps us with the production side of things, maybe someday we'll even get music!

Support the show on Patreon