Joel Salatin at his farm where he rotates herds from field to field, where the fare includes porcine treats like acorns and black walnuts near Swoope, Va., Oct. 8, 2013. Salatin is the high priest of ...
Editor's note: This is the second part in a series on Nettle Valley Farm. Click here to read the first part. SPRING GROVE, Minnesota ― Dayna Burtness said pig season at Nettle Valley farm is the ...
Separated into different pens, the hogs at Scandia Valley Farms may seem like any other small farm hog operation. What may ...
Editor's note: This is the first in a continuing series on Nettle Valley Farm. SPRING GROVE, Minn. ― Dayna Burtness and Nick Nguyen make up the minds and hands behind Nettle Valley Farm, where from ...
"Come on pig, pig, pig, pig, pigs," Amanda Hand called on a recent Wednesday morning. From across the grassy pasture, snorts and squeals from 21 Kunekune pigs erupted. They ran through the tall grass ...
In mid-May, an ad in the Northwest Livestock & Equipment Classifieds Facebook group featured a photo of four pink pigs huddled together in Junction City, Oregon. “Butcher ready pork from the Midwest.
MENAHGA, Minn. — You’d never guess there was a severe drought at Single Cedar Farm in Menahga, Minnesota, south of Wolf Lake. Robert and Sue Keranen operate a 100% perennial, pasture-based farm. They ...
If anything is worse than a pasture rooted up by feral hogs, it’s a pasture that dries and hardens after hogs leave damaged areas the size of tractor tires. Freddie Leroux’s damaged pastures need to ...
Kansas eradicated feral pigs from much of the state after outlawing hunting for sport. Missouri, which bans hunting on public land but not private property, is struggling to control its feral hog ...