Home-Raised PIG FEED
Pigs have always been great animals for small farms. But when you raise pigs on commercial feed, the original $45 to $50 investment in a piglet can escalate into hundreds of dollars. Add in butchering costs, and the price of home-raised meat can quickly reach more than $2 a pound. But pigs haven’t always been such a pricey proposition. The traditional role of pigs on the farmstead was as garbage recyclers. That’s why pigs were always considered the thrifty farmer’s best friend.
You may have lots of pig food on your homestead that you just haven’t recognized. Most of us are composting, burning, or throwing away materials that our ancestors would’ve seen as premium pig food. With just a little adjustment to your present practices in the garden, kitchen, barn, and pasture, you can take advantage of these sources of pig nutrients.
The Original Piggy Bank
Pigs are exceptionally well-adapted to live symbiotically with human beings because, like us, they’re omnivores. They eat what we eat. But pigs are far less particular than humans, and will happily eat all the waste
