Charles, Sausage and ground pork, or any ground meat product, has the potential to oxidize more quickly due to the larger surface area of the product - the...
Kimberlie, Thanks for the reply. Ues, I would be very interested in those inserts. This is a big problem that has cost me several customers. A little extra...
Charles Ritch
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Feb 6, 2005 4:12 pm
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I would recommend keeping out the salt and as much fat as possible. Plus, get it processed as quick after slaughter as possible...ie ground and packaged day...
Gunthorp Farms
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Feb 6, 2005 4:26 pm
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I only wish my local butcher would do the vacuum packing... we love it around the house jim Gunthorp Farms <hey4hogs@...> wrote: I would recommend...
We live in Louisiana, but would be willing to travel several states to purchase MuleFooted hogs. I look forward to someone on this list knowing where we can...
We have two Duroc barrows, raised and showed at the recent fair, and only need one for our freezer. Weights should be around 275 right now, and we just ...
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Feb 9, 2005 4:38 am
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I finally got some photos up of the puppies. They were born November 6, 2004 to Kia and Cinnimon, working dog parents on our farm. Adults are four generations...
Hi folks I have a friend who's working with the local biodiesel collective who is looking for an outlet for the 'waste' vegetable oil that is unrefinable for...
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Hi Rich, Someone came to our farm once and told me that his friend collects the used oil (sunflower-our general vegetable oil here in SA) from the fish shops ...
Greg - good suggestions for Seth. Niman is really wanting winter farrowed hogs, especially from newer producers. Greg, have you ever done any farrowing in the...
... We put them in the pressure canner with some water and let them go a while and then let it cool, remove the bones and the remaining meat and broth we use...
We had two "sister" Mama Hogs that were raised in a large yard together and always got along well; but when they were due (late January) we separated them by...
I'd be really careful with electrical cords in the pen with a pig. Perhaps LP gas with the tanks on top of the hut? I've tried to miss most winter farrowing...
Gunthorp Farms
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Feb 19, 2005 2:46 pm
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Excellent ideas. With the electric, I guess I was thinking about a row of huts with exercise pens in front. The electric cord runs outside and feeds heat...
... Yes! Watch the cords. Pigs like to chew them. I had one heavy duty outdoor extension cord that ran along side a corral. It fell into a winter garden corral...
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Is anyone here selling USDA inspected pork and having their ham or bacon cured? Just wondering how that works when it is cured in a different place than it is...
... From: "blair_roy" <blair_roy@...> Subject: [PasturedPigs] curing ham and bacon ... Our pork is processed, inspected and packed at a small country...
Well, we don't sell it (ok, we do out of our freezer).. I guess I should
say that I don't process the pigs on our property. However, our USDA
processor...
My Spot sow just farrowed. There was a piglet that looked like it had been laid on was still alive so I brought it into the house & put it on heating pad in...
100% live farrowing is pretty rare.....lucky you only lost the one. Probably a genetic malformation in the gut. Corrine Collier ... From: Diana Date: 03/05/05...
This is only my opinion and you would get 125 different answers from 100 different inspectors from your question. And that is assuming that 85 of the...
