Pigs
5/16/2013 9:20:51 PM
Forget the high price tags at grocery stores for pork. Raise your own healthy meat.
4/5/2013 9:12:57 AM
Interested in getting pigs this Spring? Here is some information to get you started.
3/31/2013 11:29:11 PM
How we made a secure farrowing pen for our pig without spending a dime!
3/19/2013 8:49:45 PM
What happens when you give a pig some peanut butter.
3/18/2013 10:07:39 AM
Sometimes life goes a bit crazy when animals escape.
1/31/2013 4:48:54 PM
Feeding chickens is easy when you let them peck around your pastures, garden and yard clippings.
1/28/2013 1:18:44 PM
DIY ‘Barrel Oven’ design takes outdoor oven construction to new heights. This portable pig pen would be a great tool for plowing with pigs.
12/19/2012 9:00:13 PM
Providing my family with pork that we have raised ourselves is a wonderful farm skill. To help you in preparing for the slaughter and butcher of your own pig, I have provided a checklist of items to have on hand and a list of things to do.
11/29/2012 4:15:42 PM
Clean water in stock tanks and fresh air will help your livestock face extreme weather conditions.
11/29/2012 12:27:42 PM
The best fertilizer comes from a combination of organic material, including livestock manure.
11/9/2012 12:36:30 AM
One of these things is not like the other...or 3.
8/17/2012 3:28:52 PM
He's a 5th generation farmer. He raises hogs outdoors without hormones or antibiotics. His incredible animals have the power to turn vegetable into bacon. Meet Matt Beach!
7/27/2012 10:46:58 AM
Render lard and revisit the virtues of your grandmother’s secret ingredient.
5/22/2012 4:04:23 PM
Do you have an over grown area that needs cleaning up? Are your woods an eye sore? Find out how we used our pigs to clean up our woods, and re-claim our property!
4/23/2012 11:46:22 AM
Hogs are a never-ending source of amusement!
3/5/2012 12:24:33 PM
The monthly meeting of the Pigs, to solve and address any problems that they have encountered.
2/15/2012 1:16:34 PM
Alabama man remembers eating homemade corn bread and smoked pork on his grandparents' family farm
2/15/2012 9:14:34 AM
Iowan recalls the average farmer's daily activities on his family farm
2/13/2012 1:34:49 PM
A woman tells the story of two little girls, who, bored, decided to play dress up with some little pigs
2/13/2012 11:44:21 AM
Granddaughter remembers the story of how her grandfather started their family farm in the late 1800s
2/13/2012 11:15:54 AM
A Nebraska woman shares her brief reminisce about hard times on her family farm
2/13/2012 9:52:25 AM
A Kansas woman recalls the community shared by her and her nearest neighbors "as the crow flies" on her family farm
2/13/2012 8:41:22 AM
Illinois resident shares his fond memories of rural America during the Great Depression, describing his childhood on the family farm
2/9/2012 11:45:31 AM
Kansas woman recalls rendering lard in a copper boiler, caring for chickens, and other chores of her childhood on the family farm
2/9/2012 10:10:49 AM
A recalcitrant runaway sow escapes and causes havoc on an Iowa woman's family farm
2/9/2012 9:41:09 AM
An Iowa woman reminisces about the Chester White hogs that her family raised on their homestead
2/9/2012 9:35:01 AM
Oregon woman relates how, as a child, her livestock often made life interesting on her family farm
2/8/2012 1:19:59 PM
Pennsylvania woman relates her experiences with farm life while growing up on the family farm
10/13/2011 3:05:37 PM
Our first year gardening attempts on the farm failed miserably. Then we discovered the wonderful benefits of gardening with pigs! Follow us through the summer and early fall as our pigs plow and fertilize for us. And see the amazing results!
10/7/2011 2:48:45 PM
GRIT’s editor in chief discovers the joys of animal husbandry when he visits a family farm and bonds with a reader over heritage pigs.
8/9/2011 10:06:43 AM
Hank likes to enlist his heritage pigs to help with tilling a garden.
8/3/2011 11:04:06 AM
Hank reflects on a break from the heat and Mulefoot hog motherhood.
6/10/2011 4:12:32 PM
Whet your appetite with a few fun facts all about pigs.
6/10/2011 3:43:53 PM
Wallow around with these five heritage hog breeds.
6/9/2011 9:38:31 AM
Variety of factors leads to critical shortage of small-town large-animal vets.
5/9/2011 12:51:34 PM
When it comes to using pigs to plow up ground for planting, Hank is a believer.
3/10/2011 11:54:15 AM
Hank reports on a wonderful book about sourcing, cutting, cooking and enjoying healthy meat.
3/8/2011 9:29:05 AM
Hank recommends a new book about becoming a farmer.
1/14/2011 9:52:07 AM
One of Hank's Mulefoot sows shows amazing winter mothering skills.
11/15/2010 1:35:20 PM
Preparing the farm for the winter can be quite a job, but rewarding.
10/12/2010 3:15:46 PM
Raising your own pork can be easy and highly rewarding.
8/19/2010 9:34:40 AM
Hank reports on his trip to Gallagher's sales meeting and new product rollout.
8/9/2010 3:45:50 PM
Heritage breeds serve in more than one capacity on the farm.
7/9/2010 10:58:13 AM
Hank is very pleased with his new Gallagher SmartFence system.
6/18/2010 10:15:53 AM
Shannon shares seven things she learned when she threw caution to the wind and bought half a hog from a local meat farmer.
4/19/2010 3:32:39 PM
Introducing a few new baby animal additions to the farm for spring.
4/7/2010 2:11:39 PM
Meet some of the American livestock breeds from Colonial times that arrived on the Mayflower.
3/12/2010 2:35:43 PM
This week Charlotte had her babies, the weather is nice and the goats escaped.
3/4/2010 12:24:05 PM
The snowstorm allows me a day off work, and we take some time in the early morning to enjoy the peace of living.
2/24/2010 3:15:52 PM
Sue Weaver, author of Storey's Guide to Raising Miniature Livestock, highlights the benefits of miniature livestock.
2/22/2010 10:32:46 AM
A video of Rodeo telling a story of riding a pig.
2/17/2010 3:49:14 PM
The Senesac family gets their first pigs.
2/3/2010 4:21:56 PM
Six more weeks of winter? What's new? But I can still prepare for spring.
1/29/2010 2:20:10 PM
Feed colostrum early for healthy babies.
1/28/2010 4:27:18 PM
Meet nine rare breeds of American livestock, U.S. heritage breeds, on the watch list of the ALBC.
12/4/2009 4:02:00 PM
Country clichés conceal nuggets of truth.
8/31/2009 5:20:55 PM
Rodeo raises chickens and rides a pig on the road to discovering she is a guilt-free omnivore.
8/11/2009 3:37:30 PM
Returning from Ayrshire Farm, in Virginia, Hank Will reflects on a remarkable experience.
6/12/2009 11:30:01 AM
Observation of farm pond is the key to keeping your water sources in top health.
6/11/2009 11:33:15 AM
After a short break, we are back to raising our own pigs.
5/13/2009 4:59:03 PM
True farm friends understand the lure of the lifestyle.
5/5/2009 3:21:25 PM
Pigs are adored at Russ-Stick Acres.
4/30/2009 3:46:41 PM
Russ-Stick Acres first litter of piglets makes an everlasting impression.
4/7/2009 1:22:23 PM
With livestock, adding a slight shock with electric fencing might be the best way to go.
3/30/2009 5:17:40 PM
A hog guide, for you to select the best swine for your farm.
3/26/2009 11:20:49 AM
Richard Manning has Hank all fired up about the benefits of grass finished meat.
3/6/2009 8:57:19 AM
Hank is tickled that Mulefoot pork placed first in flavor.
2/5/2009 4:14:09 PM
Recipes and tips for this tasty treat.
12/16/2008 7:29:47 AM
Hank reports on staining the walls and painting the roofs of the new Mulefoot pig shelter and chicken house.
12/15/2008 3:56:29 PM
Winter offers Deb a time to think and plan for new heirloom breeds and heirloom seeds.
12/15/2008 11:38:05 AM
Hank reports on Mulefoot pig food preferences and Kate makes a movie to document them.
12/4/2008 2:57:31 PM
Hank cobbles up some electric fence so the Mulefoot pigs can roam the woods.
11/20/2008 7:43:33 AM
Hank marvels that Mulefoot pigs prefer rooting for natural forages compared with commercial pellets.
11/17/2008 8:06:22 AM
Hank and Kate build the Mulefoot pigs a new house ... using scraps found in their barn.
11/12/2008 8:16:49 AM
Hank likes to open the day communing with his animals.
10/27/2008 1:10:49 PM
Hank and Kate add Mulefoot hogs to their Osage County menagerie.
9/30/2008 1:14:12 PM
Storey Publishing’s Illustrated Guide to Sheep, Goats and Cattle, written by Carol Ekarius, covers 163 breeds of cattle, goats, sheep, and swine - from the well-known Guernsey cow to the nearly extinct Guinea hog.
9/1/2006 12:00:00 AM
One farmer's misadventures in livestock agriculture might be a word to the wise: Be careful what you yearn for.
9/1/2006 12:00:00 AM
The best defense might be a great electric fence. Electricity provides the gentle jolt that keeps 'em down on the farm.
9/1/2006 12:00:00 AM
Welcome to the small-town feed store – retail the way it used to be.
9/1/2006 12:00:00 AM
New USDA program seeks to have every single livestock animal in the United States identified, tagged and possibly implanted with a radio chip.
9/1/2006 12:00:00 AM
A new brand of feed store is coming to America’s suburbs
9/1/2006 12:00:00 AM
Everything I ever needed to know I learned at the feed store.
9/1/2006 12:00:00 AM
Be prepared before bringing livestock home.