How much meat do you get when raising pigs for meat?Raising pigs for meat on a small property is a great way to put some food in your freezer. Organic pastured pork is leaner and healthier and just tastes better than the 'store-bought' kind. My books and other resources I recommend  3 Businesses in One - Premium Start Farming Pack w/AUDIO Money Grows in your Garden Profit from Pastured Poultry Growing and Selling Premium Pork Get help from a Farm Coach Free Gardener's Secret Handbook Grow a REAL work-from-home businessHere's the retail cuts from this pig:
The exact yield of each cut from your personal piggie will vary, but this will be close enough to let you set a price per pound for the various retail cuts. It may seem obvious, but if you are selling pork by the cut, you will charge a higher price for the premium cuts loin. Everybody wants pork chops, and you can't fill every order with just chops alone; each pig will yield only got 30 lbs. or so. So, how do you sell the other, less-popular cuts? We like to sell our pastured pork in box orders of about 20 lbs or so. We put some of each pork cut in the box, and charge a price per pound higher than the price we charge for whole or half-carcass. 20 lbs. of pork will fit in most refrigerator-top freezers. See also:Raising pigs on pasture as a seasonal enterprise has several advantages for the small farmer or land-owner. Here's a few reasons to give pastured pork a try Raising Pigs How to Raise Pigs on Pasture handbook. We've been putting pigs on pasture for 9 years here on New Terra Farm. If you want a step-by-step guide to plan, market and manage your own flock of pastured piggies, check out Pigs on Pasture Special Offer: get my Pigs on Pasture book free in the Start Farming Pack. Get a lot of valuable small farm information for and a great deal The Start Farming Pack special book offer Return to How to Farm Return to Home page from Raising Pigs for Meat |