Composting 107 Hogs

[@thatone_zergling]

Introducing, Vegan friendly vegetables! Made from the soil of composted hogs!

[@somethingappropriate]

And then you realize, we are all connected and interwoven on this earth

[@dajasper]

Once’s it’s broken down it’s all the same if it was co Posted with apples or whatever

[@lciummo1]

No way they can use this stuff for any ag use - it's an animal by-product biohazard.

[@somethingappropriate]

larry ciummo I’m new to this. What does that mean exactly?

[@olympiad013]

@@renitagriffin6998 Pigs break down really really fast

[@nickg5156]

This is actually really smart. I see this video has a pretty high dislike video, but I think a lot of people just don't understand the situation. Iowa hog producers got hit extremely hard by COVID. I don't know the final number, but millions of hogs had to be wasted because of processing closures. Composting them like this is a way to take that waste and turn it into something usable, valuable, and environmentally friendly.

[@jessiperry60]

yeah or or let them continue to live but see they in their minds dont want to lose 1 penny these people are so stupid.. why not donate them to rural people who can butcher them themselves

[@anthonybanda8192]

The problem was how the farms are designed for production. We raise 800 hogs here in Michigan from start to finish. See hogs are breed in a farowing barn then move to the nursery barn they have 8 to 10 piglets sometimes more or less . Those piglets move to a grower barn then the finishing barn . This is a constant process like a assembly line if you can't sell off the finished hogs the whole process backs up and if you breed 800 maybe 1000 hogs ahead of the pandemic then you would have a very bad problem. You would have to sell them cheap if you could even sell them at all or slaughter and compost them . Composting Those 100 hogs probably saved 6 or 8 hundred maybe 1000 piglets. My family being a smaller operation was able to hold on to ours because we dont normally breed ahead to far due to us farming 8000 acres of crops as well . Many really large hog farms were hurt bad no farmer wants to compost their hogs but that had to be done .

[@nickg5156]

@@jessiperry60You don't even remotely understand the situation. You said they should just let them live? Ok, how do you propose they do that? Because they whole reason they are forced to euthanize them is because processing delays are so bad that their barns are overflowing. So, the choice is either cram them inhumanely (and illegally) into barns, or euthanize them humanely. Now you will probably say "Just let them out into a field". Sorry, wont work. It's illegal to let livestock animals into crop fields; and assuming a hog farmer even owns or has access of a field not being used for crops (which all of them are), who is going to pay for the fencing to go up to keep them contained? Who is going to pay for all the extra equipment required by law to keep animals in open fields? Are you going to foot that bill Jessi Perry? Don't even dare say the farmers because hog farmers collectively lost hundreds of millions of dollars because of this. Next you said the farmers should just donate the hogs to "rural people". Well, I hate to break it to you, but that won't work either. First, half of the other so called "rural people" are also hog farmers with the same problem. Next, it's illegal to just give away livestock. Every animal entering the food supply has to be inspected by the USDA. As you can see, the idea of composting the wasted hogs is actually an extremely good alternative to just letting them go to waste as they otherwise would have.

[@nickg5156]

@@anthonybanda8192 You're right. I should have gone more into depth on the reason why this was happening beyond just "processing closures". I'm from Iowa so it was just sort of upsetting to see such a high dislike ratio over something that farmers didn't want to do, but made the best of a bad situation.

[@ae86hachi]

I can only imagine the stench. If you've ever been unfortunate to smell death... imagine 100+ bodies... Good lord

[@Dcook85]

If hogs ever become a more advanced species, this one will be a tough topic to ease into.

[@ohhansel]

The hog reparations will be the only thing that can temporarily heal the wounds.

[@TG-to3dv]

@@ohhansel you beat me to it 😂

[@cathyGareka]

Speechless.

[@puffythecampfireplayer6143]

We can explain. These hogs who died of h1n1, (of course), had a dying wish to donate their bodies to fertilize plants. Noble hogs they were.

[@kopi6850]

I hope they dont adopt human ways of thinking of whats good and bad and better

[@inigomontoya8943]

Proof you never know wtf you will see on KZbin. Impressive they composted that quick!

[@prico3358]

Nah, i Saw For The first tiene The real biggedt crsziest thing internet up to know. I encourage You to search on KZbin: Profesional cuddlers

[@inigomontoya8943]

@@HelioMaxx jeeez lol

[@bobbun9630]

I'm more surprised the guy was able to stand there without gagging from the stench of nine-days-rotting hog corpses. I guess if you live around hog farms you get used to all kinds of nasty smells, though.

[@JR-kc8jx]

@@bobbun9630 as an Eastern North Carolinian, I can confirm. I guarantee you that this whole operation smells like the devil’s dick even without the hogs. Just turkey manure compost that isn’t fully cooked smells absolutely putrid.

[@ligmayeye186]

@@bobbun9630 Composting is much more controlled than rotting and doesn't smell nearly as bad as rotting

[@truckin3799]

And that’s how bacon trees are grown

[@djwave28]

If you hold up your nose to the screen you can actually smell the bacon.

[@PaulBrown-uj5le]

Ahahahahahahahaha

[@howtru56]

There's a farmer just down the road that decomposes chickens for the egg trees.

[@efrainfernandez8112]

Mmmmm bacon trees😛😋

[@Aawsomeguy]

I love the aroma of bacon frying in a fry pan at breakfast time.

[@sawyer4981]

It's honestly somewhat terrifying that you can disappear that many bodies that quickly. 😅

[@henrylima6974]

Underrated comment!!!

[@Slap_ahoe_texas]

Yo. I was thinking the same thing.

[@overheadcastle1]

@@superresistant0woah

[@brandonm2144]

They didn't dissappear. They are all the white stuff and chunking sounds.

[@thescottishlion]

Sad day that all that bacon was wasted

[@erlpen2016]

If there was a human body in that pile nobody will ever know…

[@walterkersting6238]

The squad, nobody could tell the difference.

[@dihainthegreat]

@David Vanpatten wtf?

[@goddammitboi]

You'd know lol

[@walterkersting6238]

@@goddammitboi from your mom, that’s how...

[@FoodwaysDistribution]

You are thinking too loud

[@anarchisttutor7423]

Your next Internet search should be "how intelligent are pigs".

[@ironmyno]

150° for 9 days.....the meats just fallin off the bone.

[@Fleetwoodjohn]

😂

[@chuock]

comment of the year!

[@robinpilcher5557]

Bruh that's some funny shit right there..

[@nitetrane98]

You betcha, low and slow.

[@kellylovesgreen5765]

😭😭😂😂 eeeuuuwww!

[@walterkersting6238]

I was going to get cremated, now I’m thinking compost.

[@rolac6109]

😂 😂

[@conniepitts8392]

Our body's have been contaminated with all kinds of chemicals,,,,,,So no to eating food grown with human compost....Not To Mention Kuro disease....I'll Pass,,,,same with animals in compost,,,👎🏼

[@paddywackyakkaydaddy]

I think they have those earth caskets now.

[@wyeyueirisphoon1020]

😂😂😂

[@markiemisslane1188]

U r terrible!

[@davebrittain9216]

The mafia is looking at this and thinking "hmm that gives me an idea".

[@CoffeeNo0b0514]

We all know that’s already been done.

[@davebrittain9216]

@@CoffeeNo0b0514 Probably more than we would like to know.

[@walterkersting6238]

The dumpster; on resurrection day just watch all those bodies coming up from the dumps.

[@a.c.1474]

Feeding bodies to pigs was done by the Kray Twins back in the 50's & 60's and probably by politicians even further back as they had to dispose of the children's bodies they slaughtered in Satanic Rituals. It's nothing new.

[@davebrittain9216]

@@a.c.1474 We are not talking about feeding bodies to pigs we are talking of rapid decomposing of them.

[@chickencurry7642]

One of my neighbours has his own small garden on the terrace where he grows lots of different veggies that are enough for him and his family. And he often visits the local poultry and fish shops to buy chicken legs and fish heads that are often thrown out. He gets them for cheap and bury them in his pots and that is his fertilizer for the veggies. And I have to say the produce looks a lot better than what you'd find in any store. They are not overly big in size but they have vibrant colors (especially egg plants, tomatoes and bell peppers) and they even have a comparatively longer shelf life. He once gave me some egg plants and told me not to keep them in refrigerator, saying that they'll stay good for at least two weeks and they did. No dryness or wrinkles and they tasted fabulous...

[@ZA-mb5di]

He buried them right into the pot?

[@cadencehashira]

wow thats wild

[@chickencurry7642]

@@ZA-mb5di yup. Unlike greens and dry leaves, animal parts decompose a lot faster and you don't even have to mix the soil for it. He just cut the fish heads and chicken feet into small pieces, puts soil at the bottom of the pot, then the fish/chicken, followed by a thin layer of soil and then the plant. Although this way his plants grow a bit slowly but they are much healthier than the ones grown in 'green' compost or using fertilizer

[@ZA-mb5di]

@@chickencurry7642 I need to try this And by mixing you mean turning right? Like what they do with commerical compost?

[@chickencurry7642]

@@ZA-mb5di yup

[@Gunnypauly73]

I've seen this process done before on a horse farm. They'll bury a dead horse in the manure, and in 3 weeks or so it's gone. It's a sad situation with the hogs, but if you don't understand the process of producing hogs on a timeline, you wont understand the hardship the farmers are going through to resort to this.

[@conjoe176]

I dont get what you mean? Whats the time line?

[@Gunnypauly73]

@@conjoe176 Not to be rude or disrespectful, but google can explain the growing and production process of hogs easier than I can

[@djtjpain]

@@conjoe176 check the description of the video if you didn’t. My understanding is farmers realized they wouldn’t be able to sell the pigs and so they killed them to minimize costs. I’m not a farmer of any type much less of livestock though so know this is just a guess.

[@landking3742]

Who needs pig 🐖 meat ???

[@Beansswtf]

@@landking3742 The world runs of Bacon my guy. Petrol and Electricity is actually produced from Bacon also.

[@DH-xh2wy]

I'm not gonna lie. This is awesome. I learned a lot in the comments and totally respect why this was done. As someone who bbqs regularly it does hurt to watch all those pigs get composted but as a biologist it is unreal that that much biomass can be almost completely composted in just over a week. I figure a month and those bones would be gone too. That is some crazy composting power....

[@Remember-gz8ww]

What do you think of human composting? Especially to spread in the burned forests of Colorado? They're already turning humans into fertilizer & are "in talks" about how to make food from human parts. kzbin.info/www/bejne/nKLcgHiVedqlpNU

[@ticktockbam]

@@Remember-gz8ww "In talks to make food from human parts" Maybe compost wise, but you can't cook a human and eat it, lol. There's no official political talk about that, and if that video says so, it's fake.

[@Neilukuk]

@@ticktockbam Some people believe everything they read and don't question anything.

[@castronator29]

@@Remember-gz8ww I wouldnt care. After all, once we are dead, we are dead. Dont see the problem. I actually would like to be buried like that and someone just put a nice tree over my body so It could keep the nature's cycle. The food thing is too much, and probably a hoax, but cementeries are kinda dumb. Waste of space. I'm just a regular dude, before you doubt why my opinions.

[@cancuncavemanbesthostels6697]

@@castronator29 compost then tree 🌳 them paper money in a stripper thong 😜

[@MayorMcheese12]

"Don't worry it's vegan".... grown with pig parts lol

[@NMranchhand]

Perfect! On two counts: 1. Ain’t nothin’ that went into that pile that didn’t come from plants (originally). 1. Vegetables that come from that pile just make vegan burgers. Your’s in a “wake up” philosophy.

[@edwardarsiaga3569]

It's cattle dun anyway

[@richarddotschmidt]

😆

[@abandonbelief]

EXACTLY GREAT POINT WOW

[@notchfox6086]

🤣🤣🤣🤣💯💯💯 vegans are gone stop eating vegetables😅

[@GaianRyansPermacultureFarm]

I love the smell of compost in the morning. That compost turner was awesome! I use a pitchfork to turn my piles. That machine allows you to make massive piles. I thought my piles were big . Yours dwarves mine. Good job on not letting your pigs go to waste. Whenever my animals die I dig a hole, put it at the bottom and plant a fruit tree over it. It's a good way to honor the animal.

[@no1brittbarbiefan]

That's right, you make your usual compost without dairy or meat, which is why you get that nice earthy smell in the morning when turning it, you would obviously not think of digging up the half decomposed corpse of an animal to check if there is an earthy smell where it broke down. The "compost" they made in this video would smell far from just earthy, even after a month or so. The rotten smell would persist for quite a long time, even in the seemingly done compost. You would have to set it out in the sun for odour to be removed.

[@grizzlebear8573]

You ever see a caption to a video that’s so weird and bizarre and you have to watch it. It just happened

[@RobertMiller-tv8xu]

I was thinking about the smell 😬

[@jeffshultz3883]

While I was watching this I was thinking "why am I watching this".

[@bperra9217]

Find this bizarre ? Wait until you see a human composting video, is an option in some areas

[@RouxRouxRingo]

@@bperra9217 see? That's what I'm talking about! I wanna be on the same government watch list as you.

[@mikesmithey1892]

@@RobertMiller-tv8xu the smellier the better that means you're getting good fermentation and lots of nitrogen

[@Esuper1]

The smell after that first turn must be fantastic.

[@tic857]

Once asked a guy who worked at a compost company where they composted road kill such as opossum,raccoon and deer, and said if they pile on the correct layers, deep enough and it gets hot enough, there's really no smell, and most if the time the bones are mostly gone by the first turn

[@redbearpreparedness2882]

That probably didn’t smell bad at all

[@dputra]

The no. 1 sign of a good composting process is it must not stinks. If it is, there is something wrong with the compost.

[@jacktimber2198]

like a eraser

[@rebelzx313]

Smells like mulch, or dirt. Depends what is in the compost, but it doesn't stink, as stated above. if it does, as The Real Spark said "Hold up, wait a minute, something ain't right".

[@BlueCollarMan]

That's to bad. Nothing against you guys. Just the thought that farmers worked so hard to raise them and probably got little to nothing for them. Glad to see you guys did what you could to not let them go to waste. Much respect

[@videosuperhighway7655]

That looks like 1 CME lean hogs put option that got exercised and the person has to pick up and had no use for them.

[@rhuttrho88]

@@memyprojectsc3678 Ba'dum Tish!😃

[@rhuttrho88]

*Too😉

[@mtl-ss1538]

@@videosuperhighway7655 New Zealand has big logging trucks. Gross Masses of around 150-tonne. kzbin.info/www/bejne/j3q7oI2wm6d9gZI,kzbin.info/www/bejne/jKOoaWptitljpKs&ab_channel=WillBishopTrucksNewZealand kzbin.info/www/bejne/inq8dYmahJWnebM -kzbin.info/www/bejne/oKa4k5Kvorxmhrc&ab_channel=WoodleysNZ kzbin.info/www/bejne/rJ25pIqhatWEZs0 New Zealand- Classic Chip Trucking with 8V92TA-13sp.@ 40t kzbin.info/www/bejne/nV6ln6qvd7Bofs0 NZ farmers trees been logged,@57ton gross. kzbin.info/www/bejne/oJLOaKOOa9Z2n7c kzbin.info/www/bejne/rKvUlXqPoK1seZo&ab_channel=MahoeSawmills kzbin.info/www/bejne/nZune6imrdVmrdE&ab_channel=PetersonSawmills Largest Sawmill in NZ .>kzbin.info/www/bejne/n5bEZH-nh5hqnZY&ab_channel=RuralDelivery

[@MrJav1986]

Oh I bet there was a insurance check or 2. Lots of guys selling them to random people off the street then collecting checks of them on top of it.

[@mercedeswalt6621]

This is just fascinating. Caitlyn Doughty brought me here from one of her Human composting videos.

[@chazzmccloud36]

"Be wary of any man who owns a pig farm" -- Bricktop

[@shiner4mIDAHO]

YAAASSSS!!! ... DO YOU LIKE DAGS?

[@user-wc8lf5km8k]

They will go through bones like butter.....

[@ruggedtechie5867]

Right lol

[@EdGrain]

Two minutes Turkish

[@SteveZZZZ]

“Of course, fucking of course. I wasn’t asking, I was telling.” Brick Top

[@slackstation]

Make sure you never make an enemy of whoever owns that yard. One day you'll go missing and not a scrap of you will ever be found.

[@dr.trichome6419]

That's been going on for years

[@JimDean002]

Thats the night guys side gig.

[@muchlove4999]

This would get rid of a lot of ....🤔🤔

[@kevintanner5307]

Or just throw somebody in a Hog Pen come back the next day everything gone bones and all

[@NoNORADon911]

The masses should do this to all politicians but they are too dumbed down.....

[@burningdust]

Perfect, something that can be used to grow veggies for “beyond meat” paddies.

[@mertens2003]

👌

[@TheAccess1234]

Image getting upset over someone else's diet 🤣

[@robertmyles9124]

@@TheAccess1234 You mean like how every single vegan does?

[@TheAccess1234]

@@robertmyles9124 there are lots of vegans that don't talk about it.

[@rhuttrho88]

@@TheAccess1234 Yeah, nah. That doesn't work buddy! We don't care if they don't eat meat! They are literally using the green bullshit deal to try and make people eat that impossible crap! So what are giggling like a girl about?

[@wirefrost3287]

Ah finally, after 20 years of research I finally found the perfect anti-vegan argument. "But soil is made from slaugthered animals, don't you know!!!"

[@johnkidd1226]

I just threw all my compost in a row at the back of my garden and first snowfall, used my snowblower to spread it back on my garden. Saved a ton of labour.

[@binguscat2514]

You didn’t make it into a pile ? Did it decompose well ?

[@johnkidd1226]

@@binguscat2514 yes, I just made a windrow at the back of the garden. The snowblower chewed up any stalks and they decompose in the garden over winter and spring. Once I till the garden at planting time, there was little left and what there was just gets tilled into this years garden.

[@douglasstreet7304]

I worked on a farm as a kid in the sixties, I've NEVER seen anything like this, even toured a meet packing plant. MAN !

[@angelaefferson4409]

This is totally gross, and they reuse this to grow other vegetables, how disgusting

[@Ucho469]

Hahaha what you think earth is made of? Dust to dust... We're nothing lady, humble yourself a bit and enjoy life.

[@sceplecture2382]

@@angelaefferson4409 Any Soil teaming with life, is also full of shit, compost, dead animals, insects, ect. They all break down into nutrients for plants, and the plants then feed animals. When something is composted properly, there should be no more decomposition, and no foul odor in the final result. Just nutrient dense dirt for your veggies.

[@Moneyminute.]

@@angelaefferson4409 that's not disgusting at all , it is the basic chain of mother nature :)

[@StewCrew72]

@@angelaefferson4409 how is that disgusting, what do you think dirt is? It’s dead animals, poop, plants and rocks

[@shiner4mIDAHO]

and THIS ladies & gentleman, is what you do when life gives you lemons!!!

[@treewitch666]

We go vegan to stop it.

[@shiner4mIDAHO]

@@treewitch666 hon i dont think going vegan will stop compost nor bacon from being made. but i hear its great for ones health!

[@treewitch666]

@@shiner4mIDAHO this isn’t “bacon” it’s genocide. If it was a bunch of dead dogs you’d be crying. Just madness.

[@shiner4mIDAHO]

@@treewitch666 everyone has their opinion. mulching pigs or plants, eating pants or pigs- matters not as both were living at one point. Plant lives matter....no?

[@alouisschafer7212]

Got a pile of dead pigs on your hands? Compost them!

[@jeanlucdrion1152]

I'm sorry but i didn't see a single slice of smoked bacon anywhere.

[@kenbellchambers4577]

That is a brilliant looking turning machine, congratulations, For those who have only one or a few dead animals, here is a way that is slower but completely stink free, with no big machines required, no compost either, no turning, or only one, and no additional nitrogen. Here is how: Put down a pad of very dry sawdust about 18 to 24 inches deep. Put 24 inches of dry hay or straw on top of the sawdust. put another 18 to 24 inches of sawdust on the hay. Put the pigs or cattle etc on this big mattress leaving a wide edge with no pigs near the sides of the mattress. Put the pigs one deep, not piles of them, and not too close together. Then do the sawdust/hay similar to the instructions above on top of the carcases, finishing with a thick layer of hay (spoiled hay is fine), and do the edges as well as the top like a thick cocoon of mulch. Add no water or nitrogen. (Some rain is OK.) Put a cover over the heap of something like shadecloth or hog wire to deter scavengers. Leave this alone for about seven to nine months then turn the entire pile, ( the odour will be mild.), and make it into a compact rectangle no deeper than about four or five feet with sides as near to vertical as possible and remulch the heap with hay, top and sides. Cover with shadecloth or old tarps etc, but NOT plastic that cannot breath. Leave this to finish for a few weeks, about two months is enough. Then screen or alternatively tub-mill, and you will have brilliant high value humus with no stink at any stage, no extra nitrogen, no water, and only one turn. I have done cows in situ where they died and it works surprisingly well. For just one cow or horse, the bones can be picked out after composting, but fur, and everything else will be decomposed completely.

[@jacklynnshort9192]

Why didn't they slaughter the hogs and get the meat from them?

[@LazyDogsRanch]

@@jacklynnshort9192 This was duting the height of the pandemic - too many hogs to process, not enough people power to do it.

[@jacklynnshort9192]

@@LazyDogsRanch Oh ok yea was curious seemed like a lot of meat that went to waste

[@LazyDogsRanch]

@@jacklynnshort9192 It's a dang shame, for certain.

[@Youtubeuser1aa]

Thanks this helped me with some bodies

[@stcg5003]

Dead pigs and cow poop for compost. I'm glad I'm not there to smell that. Props for these guys.👍

[@kreeperfrm559]

I've been around compost its not that bad

[@brianmck7363]

It’s definitely some fertile dirt

[@bagerandtager]

If compost smells it's not decomposing correctly

[@Bunette777]

Horse poop too

[@muhammadbabar3898]

Smell cause due to improper handling of compost

[@DerMatze86]

This technique was actually invented back in the 1970s, around the same time that Jimmy Hoffa disappeared.

[@byramcompost5733]

Good

[@tinydancer7426]

I thought he was in the supports of some bridge.

[@casvyas3532]

This shows light to farming. A lot may dislike, but alot of us are curious and non judgmental as we should be. Everyone has to survive and thanks for showing your type of survival even if it's not for everyone. Thank you!

[@mrfingers4737]

I think McDonald's perfected this technique a long time ago.

[@Lukelins1]

I worked at a beef plant and McDonald’s went above and beyond acceptable food safety practices. I had many sleepless night as food safety also premium meat.

[@NoNORADon911]

@@Lukelins1 Rabbi FinkelSTEIN can tell you about the Donalds......

[@MoZz..]

@@Lukelins1 people who have seen those fake videos on fb, that some vegans have posted, they really think that's how the meet are made. even though McDonalds have very strict food safety, and how do they think its the most known fast food restaurant, if they fed us with rotten animal meet. cmon

[@Lukelins1]

@@MoZz.. you treat the animals bad and the meat would not even be worth selling. The ph would go up due to lactic acid and the meat would be super dark and no one wants that.

[@user-wc8lf5km8k]

Mc Donalds blows.

[@wheelmanstan]

The people who disliked this don't eat. They just stare at the sun for their nutrition apparently.

[@sunofshangoihate45thihated85]

Photosynthesis: Who called my name?

[@Jeff-bl1rz]

Lefties

[@ThePlur427]

@@Jeff-bl1rz Damn you guys sound inbred lol

[@captainobvious6334]

@@ThePlur427 lefties are sounding underfed🤣

[@sergiothegrower]

A good sun gazing session will have your brain making connection that don’t normally happen

[@perfekt526]

can't imagine the smell

[@charlydarkflo]

Bbq's

[@conniepitts8392]

Wouldn't want to smell that...

[@austinricker5990]

It's pretty ripe

[@hededcdn]

Of course not. Modern Europeans like you are completely removed from reality. Lol

[@austinricker5990]

@@MccathernFamilyLights not quite lol

[@ralpha112233]

You're missing out on a practical way of making use of the heat. Instead of decomposition outside get the process done on a specially constructed building. The methane produced could be used to produce steam, then power generators for electricity production. The water could initially be heated by running it through pipes around the material. Not sure if it would work, it should, I know there are definitely power stations that run on the methane produced by old landfill sites.

[@kp6158]

Aerobic composting does not produce any where close to as much methane as anaerobic landfills. This type of composting is so far the most environmentally friendly way to deal with organic materials so far.

[@ralpha112233]

@@kp6158 obviously, didn't know that. Thanks. Is there a reason?

[@ExitStatement]

I was at a Memorial Day barbecue in Palmyra, WI today and when we got out of the car, there was a terrible, sickly manure stench. We thought it was farmers fertilizing fields, but the host told us that in March, a local farm had to euthanize 2.7 million chickens due to a bird flu outbreak. They trucked them to a nearby field and buried them in windrows under manure and mulch. Today is 5/29, so it’s been over two months and the smell is still extremely strong, although the host says it has improved. We drove to see the windrows and the smell was even stronger when we got closer. Hard to believe the hogs in this video were so decomposed after nine days, but these chicken piles remain so putrid after two months. Really fascinating and kind of spooky stuff, at least for a city dork like me.

[@igorjee]

Too much N, too little C, likely.

[@ExitStatement]

@@igorjee Sorry, can I ask what that means?

[@igorjee]

@@ExitStatement N for nitrogen, C for carbon, sorry biologist here.

[@ExitStatement]

@@igorjee Thanks! It's so interesting, I was inspired to come look it up!

[@KokoroKatsura]

imagine the smell

[@bobbib5779]

damn shame you had to lose so much stock

[@Autoscottstakealaska]

Too bad they didn’t donate it to hungry families

[@hayden9102]

@@Autoscottstakealaska you don’t want to donate dead animals they died because something was wrong with them or culled runts because they can make you sick

[@markheintz1878]

@@hayden9102 no, they were killed because there were no processing facilities available. It happened all over the country. Even my hometown meat market is booked solid until sept of 22.

[@markheintz1878]

@@Autoscottstakealaska you are right in your thinking but the problem was no places to get them processed. Not everyone can butcher a pig at home. Anyone that could do it themselves did, but so many don't know how or have the equipment needed.

[@thomasnew8606]

@@markheintz1878 Thanks to the China virus

[@badmofo6462]

Good soil to grow tasty fruits and vegetables for vegans

[@finallyitsed2191]

....now there's an interesting thought.

[@nashbearden5805]

Lol

[@Mike-su8si]

@@macmclain1350 or would get a sick stomach

[@hawkeyemetivier]

@@macmclain1350 compost at those temps would be hard to carry biohazardous material through soil to plant etc

[@joee95]

@@finallyitsed2191 how do you think farmers preserve vegans precious vegetables? They have to poison the rabbits

[@cureee49]

Why did the pigs die to begin with? Just curious.

[@bobjarrard]

Those who give this a thumbs down think that chickens grow on trees and that all dogs go to Heaven. We should all have to hunt and fish for our protein for 60 days every year, eat what we shoot and shoot what we eat. Thanks. Power To The Microbe! Bob in Nevada

[@landking3742]

I will continue to have a body of a triathlete without 1 animal product and enjoy clear arteries . Think I’m wrong ? More than half of the male population can’t get a proper flagpole without meds after 40 😂

[@savenature272]

Dead thing will ultimately make u dead and thing that has life tht gives u life.. thts y sprouts are alwayz benificial thn meat

[@w0216984]

@@landking3742 💯 agree with you we have no concerns for loss of life just to feed our fat faces

[@the_infinexos]

"I only eat plants, so there's no animals killed in the process." The process:

[@tom4412]

You are joking right?

[@ridesmule2824]

It's a heck of a lot better to use the hogs for something useful than to waste them. My wife and I grow a mostly organic garden. We compost the manure from my riding mule, all of our kitchen and garden scraps, weeds and all as well as moldy or otherwise unusable hay from the barn and more. It produces a surprising amount of material which creates beautiful soil and good vegetables.

[@Lukelins1]

It was during the pandemic with the harvest plants shut down. They wanted to but no place to go.

[@jorgetarzan1771]

Serious question thought. Is it safe to be breathing those fumes in like they were doing?

[@IluvinortheIneffable]

Define safe. He is still alive and not visibly ill.

[@vinniez2188]

The fumes are not fumes. It's steam. That pile of compost was probably around 160 degrees F. The microbiology doing all the work create alot of heat breaking down all the organic material. This is also why the pigs decomposed so fast, because they were added to a biologically active compost pile.

[@idiocracy10]

If the piles are not anaerobic, they are safe. they are mainly putting off steam (water vapor) , co2, and nitrogen. if they go anaerobic then you get the organic acids, and ammonia etc.

[@davidriley8590]

The remarkable speed of decomposing

[@tyronearnold6692]

decomposition, indeed

[@unsaltedorganics8760]

Where TF did they get 107 dead hogs from?

[@reegenclayburnmanitoba6730]

Some Slater plants give them dead pigs that had diseases, missing broken bones, etc.

[@bradolfpittler2875]

Would vegetables grown there be considered "Halal" by Islamic standards?

[@rightnews339]

That would depend on how the hogs were dispatched, if they were tortured to death Then yes halal all the way.

[@abdallababikir4473]

Yes it would be halal because you're not eating pork. Only eating pork is haram

[@abdallababikir4473]

By the same logic, the vegetables grown are vegan.

[@abdallababikir4473]

Islam is against overcomplicating things

[@bradolfpittler2875]

@@abdallababikir4473 thanks for explaining.

[@BaronVonQuiply]

Impressive. They'll never find Brick Top's victims now.

[@tombarse7252]

That's some damn impressive microbial action.

[@bryonhills6172]

I'm just searching for pissed off vegan comments.

[@tammiebroggins]

Ikr

[@reloader3086]

They won't type anything here but if you do they will use that against you how thier crazy liberal but job minds work! They are very violent people!

[@mrfingers4737]

I was looking for pissed of hungry people comments.

[@codyaguirre9215]

@@mrfingers4737 those hogs looked in fairly good shape to be made into compost vs bacon and pork chops!

[@horsegirl48744]

How these farmers had to "kill" these pigs because of Covid and processing, when I know local farms did have same problem finding places to process these pigs, but refused to sell the pigs to people who had the ablity to process them at home.

[@pastryshack551]

These people are evil they did it to beautiful potatoes tons of them, they figure if they cannot sell the product hell throw it away, rather than give it to those starving people to hell with them, who cares. I started making my own compost, because you don't know whats in the ones you buy, also you don't know what chemicals they have in the piles to break down the bones in such a ahort space of time not even a corn stalk or cabbage stalk will break down so quickly so when I saw he could crush the bones so easily, I was suspicious some of the pigs were not dead either mankind is evil

[@royrollins8987]

@@pastryshack551 what starving people. Noone In America is starving and the cost would be too astronomical to ship them to other countries.

[@austinricker5990]

Farms around here try to sell hogs to people who process their own but nobody bought enough of them to keep up with the demand of large farms

[@karl810]

@@royrollins8987 They might not be absolutely starving facing death, but there's over 35 million people in food poverty, including 10 million children, struggling to afford even the most basic food and go days without it, so yes there are starving people in America.

[@royrollins8987]

@@karl810 that's not true sir. There's plenty of resources out there and often times food goes to waste because the ones that are so called living in poverty dont utilize all the resources. I've spent many years all over the country practically living on ground level with the homeless. Do some research rather than listening to make media wants you to believe.

[@Boomshankarim]

Thanks for sharing this wonderful experiment with us. Every living thing used in our circular green economy should start from and end up in a compost pile including us.

[@tomtheplummer7322]

Who doesn’t like pork grinds?😏

[@aarongraham7196]

“Beware of any man who keeps a pig farm” - that one British movie

[@ht7500]

Snatch

[@mrjaniemac7005]

Man, that's some pulled pork!

[@gerardburton1081]

The birds that are flying up up in the air must be thinking what a waste of good food but these guys are wise and know that these hogs were riddled with diseases.

[@maxdemps7443]

What about the bacon lol

[@johntexan4165]

I’ve always wondered if sending them through a wood chipper initially and spray the remains into the compost pile would be faster.

[@Prairiedrifter1]

Cartels: WRITE THAT DOWN!

[@monkeyboy5595]

I’ve now reached the deepest depths of KZbin

[@dancearoundtheworld5360]

Do you wanna see the peppa pig video? kzbin.info/www/bejne/mKWraambm9F_ja8

[@nathanrobinson1595]

So is this a open casket or closed casket?

[@lochnessamonster1912]

If the compost gets hot enough it turns into a Viking funeral.

[@FalconfromRF]

If it's not possible to sell the food, it get composted, or incinerated, or just thrown to landfill, but, almost never donated to the poor.

[@alcrt6630]

To all the vegetarians out there who say meat is bad for you, we aren’t meant to eat meat (for the sake of saving animal life) Your veggies thrive in the blood and guts of any dead decomposing animal. So if your veggies love and consume the nutrients from animal byproducts and you consume vegetables aren’t you basically part of the same cycle?

[@theronwinsby]

Yes as long as the Animal does not suffer from pain or anguish

[@lbrparthur4311]

@@theronwinsby well said

[@yungprod0343]

I had an anuerism reading this

[@gary19222]

Yep

[@got2kittys]

The Vegans are detached from the reality of Nature.

[@johnvelikanje3097]

I would avoid the lumberjack slam at Denny’s tomorrow morning

[@sheckyfeinstein]

Why?

[@dazmatic]

"Mommy look, there's a bone poking out of my potato"

[@Youlosewewin]

That awesome a good way to get ride of terrible wild bore problem

[@fackudumbas491]

that TRNER machine is the coolest damn thing i've ever seen. literally moving mountains.

[@jonathanrabbitt]

Inside six months, you could be rid of all 535 members.

[@emilioortega7513]

What a comment lol

[@warrensmith7389]

Bruh....

[@katehache]

When I die I want to be thrown into a compost pile.

[@jamessconiers1968]

what happened to the pigs? 1:01 I don't miss eating pork

[@krayzeeantix1439]

I really didn't expect to see clean bones flying out of that composter after just 9 days. Wow!

[@LongBeachCityCAJoe]

Yea, that must have been some serious cow 💩 they dozed onto it

[@imho2278]

I buried a dead pigeon in a pile of fresh green lawn clippings and 5 days later even the bones were gone.

[@purnp5897]

@@imho2278 yea maybe something ate it...

[@michaelbranham5854]

I may be dumb to this concept of throwing 100 hogs away so to speak, but what's the reasoning behind? Were they sick, or just not sellable as meat or some other reasons?

[@markheintz1878]

@HUNTER OBEREMBT no available processing centers or too long a wait because of them shutting down or slowing down. Hogs just keep growing and at some point its too much fat so they get docked on the price. At some point you have to cut your loses. processing plants had very high numbers of covid cases. Regardless, the virus has cost the world in so many ways. But yet the 1% at the top still made billions while others were living in their cars. The pandemic created a huge new group of billionaires, the rich got richer and the average Joe lost his ass.

[@lochnessamonster1912]

@@markheintz1878 These people are simply focused on making fun of vegans. Punching up has never been their forte.

[@michaelbranham5854]

Those 100 hogs should have been give to people willing to process them themselves. This is capitalism at its finest, Greed

[@mikeoxmaul5062]

I think it’s sad that companies would compost all that meat before they would be willing to give it away. Cool machine and process though!

[@anibaldamiao]

agreed. I think that a small production would do everything in their power to find a beter solution

[@rolandoomar10]

This is a "lets recover something" method. They are not throwing em away. They are making compost. By this you can make an agreement with the compost facility selling the hogs pretty cheap to them or they own the compost and they sell the compost later.

[@mikeoxmaul5062]

@@rolandoomar10 but they are throwing the meat away. I’m sure the pigs would have sold if they weren’t trying to sell them in a strictly commercial setting. Imagine if they offered these unprocessed pigs for $200-$300 or if they sold them live. They would have made more money that way, but the structure of the company prevented this.

[@lurchy12]

Structure and rules are good, efficient farming methods are good. It got us so that not everyone has to work manually on a farm anymore. It just got too expensive to store them, it doesn't make sense to have that much extra capacity for cold storage sitting around for crazy events like last year.

[@noramaegomez197]

It’s called GREED ! They obviously don’t care about helping the Hungry or Homeless!!!!!!!!

[@RichSkyInterview]

What’s wrong with the pigs

[@hangten1904]

Probably feral hogs donated from Texas, Florida etc.etc. I saw videos of the wild hog problem over there where they have to hunt and shoot them as they are an invasive species. They're also dangerous too and there have been a report of a woman who got killed by them 3 years ago.

[@FalconfromRF]

​@islandstyles8383 domestic hogs, culled because it was not possible to sell them

[@garyfreeman5999]

What a disturbing waste of good meat. I am glad you guys composted them . . . . . . . but they could have fed a lot of people who would have been glad to clean them.

[@catgaming2210]

there was no plants to take them to.

[@Mr_Everyman]

It's funny that processing plants in my area couldn't find pigs or chickens to process so that had no choice but to close down. Something is fishy about all of that.

[@johnnyswimbait423]

Why is it that fishy? Is it really hard to believe a company could have sourcing issues? Especially when the product they're sourcing is a once living creature that takes years to mature and grow? It's funny when people think everything is a conspiracy

[@saraymrsashueraman6769]

The term "when pigs fly" has come true in this video.

[@OldschoolRed]

If you think this is flying watch some tannerite vs hogs videos. Lol

[@williamnorman2591]

Man that's funny when pigs fly how about roasting them

[@Uckertay]

Bloodmeal is an extremely useful resource that provides extra nutrients and nitrogen for any vegetation that's growing in it. This process seems barbaric to some people but in reality it's a crucial part of what happens everyday in nature.

[@Uckertay]

Thanks,@off spec

[@royhoco5748]

pork flavored compost, my dogs would love to dig in that pile.

[@Yyyyyy5]

If only your dog knew what was happening in these piles. Mice live in them especially in winter because the piles are nice and warm even very hot in parts of the pile.

[@royhoco5748]

@@Yyyyyy5 my dogs are experts at catching mice, moles, chipmunks, squirrels and rabbits. they have a very strong prey drive.

[@petemc5376]

@@Yyyyyy5. dogs Paradise... Huruff ruff

[@videosuperhighway7655]

My rat terrier would dive head first in.

[@rustyshackleford3977]

This is very interesting...is there any "fluid" run off from the pile during the initial decomp or is everything pretty much recycling itself in there?

[@j.ballsdeep420]

The latter. It's definitely all soaked up and consumed.

[@c.r701]

Composting taken to a new level. The natural progress of life.

[@conniepitts8392]

@3def 6 🎯

[@Fochit8611]

Finally a good place to dispose of the bodies. Thank you KooimaAG!

[@gregorteply9034]

Beware of a man who has got a compost pile in his garden.

[@SKZProd.ShadowOfTheRebellion]

I'm a vegetarian. I'm never eating again.

[@vicious99]

Eat meat it's tasty

[@M-L-kk8vf]

Your profile picture looks sick eat some food and have less plastic surgery Jesus Christ lmao

[@jennifers8230]

As a former retired hog rider I can confirm that this is how hog riders are made

[@ke1vin]

Thank you for your service

[@urigeheadmot1196]

Hog Riiiideeeeeeeerrrr

[@gford1491]

There's animal rights activists passing out right as they watch this

[@bryonhills6172]

Lol

[@markshoenus2591]

That's funny.

[@sheckyfeinstein]

Compost ‘em.

[@Sasha_0813]

Commenting to show my support because clearly these guys could eliminate me from the face of the earth

[@TheJUAREZ2012]

Hog´s bones are a huge addition of phosphorus to the plants

[@Whyistomatoafruit]

There is something really sad about this. Just seeing their lifeless bodies falling down. Wow.

[@taunyaharmony2938]

Exactly. So much food insecurity. Then the animal lived and died for basically nothing.

[@EricMatson-ru7jj]

It was because of.COVID all the packing plants were shut down farmers couldn't feed them How do you think they felt Lost 100k$

[@cheapskateaquatics7103]

@@taunyaharmony2938 statically, a certain number of pigs will die no matter how well they are taken care of, it's just a part of life. Then their are some who are deformed, injured, or sick, and are euthanized.

[@taunyaharmony2938]

@@cheapskateaquatics7103 correct. And has no bearing on my opinion. I run a Hoodstead with pigs, goats, horses and chickens. I am fully aware of the circle of life and farm management.

[@taunyaharmony2938]

@@EricMatson-ru7jj I think they felt like we're suffering so we don't give af about how to use this natural disaster to a community benefit. Since you asked.

[@kaboommushroomhead]

As someone who raises there own meat. This is absolutely sad. And a great reason why I grow my own meat.

[@LongBeachCityCAJoe]

One of the most interesting videos I have ever clicked on.

[@josiahlomas7388]

Respect to all farmers..thanks for feed us

[@GATOxNORTE]

Our school system has failed you.

[@sergiothegrower]

My respect goes out to the ones who have the same values as me grown organic, mineral rich food

[@sergiothegrower]

@@rockm9222 it’s a beautiful cycle at times

[@matt9240]

You welcome

[@tlc1432]

@@GATOxNORTE ????

[@zacharylunn6209]

Would you take in most dead stock animals as well?

[@theronwinsby]

Why not? Everything is compostable

[@elizabethblane201]

There are facilities that specialize in that, too.

[@castlehill6717]

Interesting to realize that they literally cook in the compost pile before decomposing. I guess you could call it a barbecue pit lol

[@greendesert69]

well what they're doing is they're getting the the composting process in high gear so there are a lot of microbes available to attack the new mix. these microbes create heat so the fact that it's already hot is a good sign that it's very active. Otherwise it would probably take a few days for it to heat up with the hog in there and that could become anaerobic and start a major stench problem. The hogs become the source of Nitrogen and the "brown stuff" probably wood shavings/mulch become the source of carbon, you put the two together in the right ratio and also air and those microbes get to work really fast.

[@egonhusk8497]

All the bones, you can hear them clanking

[@jessiebrown3681]

I have never seen anything like this!! It's such a lose lose situation, I feel bad for the farmers who lost their hogs, and I feel bad for the hogs. At least they did not go to waste. Thanks for showing this, I definitely learned something. Did they try to do this with all kinds of livestock during Covid?

[@joshuaparsons9645]

I fairly certain that cows would not have to be took down this road given the fact that the heart of the COVID outbreak was not in the winter time. Therefore cows simply didn’t have to be sold and could be left on pasture. Dairy operations had to sacrifice their milk harvest. The nature of the hog industry is hogs have to eat, and eat a lot. And large hog operation is feeding a lot of grain to these hogs to get them ready for processing, producers could not afford to keep feeding fully grown hogs waiting for processing facilities to open back up. The hog industry relays on the market continuously turning…sell the ones easy for slaughter while the little ones are growing. I’m sure the meat poultry industry is the same way.

[@6atlantis]

Don’t feel bad for the farmers, there really are no small farmers anymore. They’ve been getting subsidized for decades now but still complain, they’ll be OK. And now they’re complaining about the water but they’ve been diverting and “stealing” it for years.

[@garyburke6410]

@@6atlantis what do you mean don't feel bad for the farmers and most farmers around Europe are small farmers and what do you mean we theyll be ok we hardly get payed enough to live and we struggle with mental health and also we dont "steal the water" you imbicile using water to grow crops and for animals to dink isnt stealing the water its what water is intended for

[@thisisnotmyrealname9049]

@@6atlantis You don't know what you're talking about, stop spewing bullshit.

[@thisisnotmyrealname9049]

@Vageegee Smithins Are you dumb? They didn't "literally just bury them". Did you not watch the video? Or do you not know what composting is? There's a lot of dumb comments here, but yours is one of the dumbest.

[@v10moped]

My old neighborhood was next to a ranch that process compost similarly to this. You can smell it up to half a mile away. I wont miss that smell.

[@ikashibimauler]

Pretty crazy what some bacteria with enough food and enough oxygen can do.

[@latenight6815]

Maggots do the same faster

[@LisaSmith-nd9ei]

What will the fertilizer be used for?

[@RealEvoMore]

This is compost

[@the_danksmith134]

Now you know how the soil is always good to grow plants for vegans to eat

[@DV-zv4ox]

I mean they're still not eating animal parts... p.s I'm not vegan

[@meredithr9824]

My uncle owned a sawmill with a huge bark pile that the debarker left. They also had horses. One day a hose died and they buried him in the center of that 25 foot high bark pile. He was gone in a month.

[@yomommajumprcables]

I was expecting him to smell the bone he picked up at the end 😆 🤣

[@politerudeboi6898]

i would've lol

[@terryjones9784]

the way he stuck his finger inside there 😂

[@ThatGuy-wz3or]

I wonder if its Halal to eat plants fertilized with this compost?