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Post by gabriel on Mar 9, 2012 17:08:50 GMT -5
What can be grown for hogs that they could harvest themselves? Obviously, they'll get all the excess that I can't sell, eat or store, but that's never enough. Is there anything that I can plant, preferably in a rotation so that there's always something coming on, that they can get most of their needed nutrition from?
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Post by davida on Mar 9, 2012 18:57:09 GMT -5
What can be grown for hogs that they could harvest themselves? Obviously, they'll get all the excess that I can't sell, eat or store, but that's never enough. Is there anything that I can plant, preferably in a rotation so that there's always something coming on, that they can get most of their needed nutrition from? Mangels (fodder beets) along with Joseph's recommendations. |
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Post by castanea on Mar 9, 2012 20:19:11 GMT -5
Chestnuts. You have to wait awhile until the trees get bigger.
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Post by johninfla on Mar 9, 2012 20:36:53 GMT -5
What about sweet potatoes? I read that in China they make up most of the hogs diet.
John
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Post by ferdzy on Mar 9, 2012 21:48:03 GMT -5
While root crops seem generally recommended, raw potatoes are not a good idea from anything I've ever heard.
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Post by oxbowfarm on Mar 9, 2012 23:37:05 GMT -5
Corn. People used to hog down corn all the time.
According to J. Russel Smith- mulberries, persimmons, and paw-paws. I've never even tasted or seen the last two, but he recommended those trees for hog pastures.
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Post by gabriel on Mar 10, 2012 17:22:51 GMT -5
I must have missed that thread. My searching skills seem to be pretty poor... Can't do restaurant slop, I don't live near enough to a town to make it worthwhile. I've considered corn, beets, sweet potatoes, bush beans. Just want to give the most balanced diet possible at the lowest cost of planting. Space is not a problem, I'll be using electric fencing to move them around and replanting behind them. I did "pastured pork" a few years ago but didn't plant anything specifically for them, just threw it all over the fence.  I'll probably give it a shot this year with two hogs and keep detailed records. I'm doubtful that it's worthwhile when compared to the cost of beef and lamb. |
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Post by richardw on Mar 12, 2012 13:20:53 GMT -5
ive heard of people growing Jerusalem Artichoke for pigs
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