No, currently it is not. It would be impossible to pasture-raise pigs on any sort of scale. They would require 1/4 acre for every 8-9 pigs. Hogs/pigs are not grazing animals like cows or sheep; they ...

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 ...

"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 ...

It’s Monday which means, another day of Farm to Fork. The topic today is pasture raised pork and how you can cook with it. Pasture raised means pigs are raised on pasture, with access to natural ...

In “Pigs ’n Glens,” the inaugural video in his new how-to series, Polyface Primer, Salatin contends that a simple electric fence can transform marginal land into an income source and an entry point ...

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 ...

Two years ago I met a pig named Roger. This is the first in a series of three videos that was filmed at that time. Here are the initial paragraphs of my first post about the project. Can I eat an ...

Lynn Grooms Agri-View Apr 12, 2018 Apr 12, 2018 0 SENECA — High atop a hill in Crawford County lies a handful of sows nursing litters of hungry piglets. It’s a cold day, but in the sun there’s warmth.

That means the pigs wake up at first light, and wander out to graze and eat breakfast out on the pasture for a few hours. Then they all wander back as a herd, Burtness said, to spend the rest of the ...