Ep 14: Get Paid to Raise Pigs on Your Homestead

In this episode, we show you how you can make a profit selling pork and still put a whole hog in your freezer for free.
Many homesteaders are looking for ways to generate the income they need to stay on the homestead full time. This is a great source of extra income.
These numbers are not pulled out of thin air. They are based on the feed receipts and actually finished weights of our pastured hogs.
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[@jbaker4900]

Toward the end of the video. Troy invites you to call with any questions. I did just that. He's polite and patient as well as knowledgeable on the business side of raising hogs. Thanks again Troy. If you haven't subbed, you definitely need to.

[@RedToolHouse]

J Baker thanks for the kind words. I enjoyed talking to you.

[@fiolhommedinas2621]

J Baker ,

[@punkuddha]

I just did so because of your comment.

[@troystutsman1400]

Great information...! Thanks for sharing this information with us.Have a great day and Be Blessed...!

[@handsfeet4211]

awesomely helpful video. im moving my family of 6 onto our homestead end of September , God willing, and this will be a perfect trial for us. God Bless you

[@MikeSessler]

Great video! I know it's a few years old, but super-informative. I wish there were more concrete examples out there like this. Really appreciate you guys putting this out there.

[@poodledaddles1091]

I don't know a thing about what you are talking about, but it was still interesting to watch!

[@lisabooker6405]

Excellent information. Thank you!

[@michealgarman1269]

Damn good video, you answered every question and easy to understand.

[@blindmango69]

Good information. Thank you very much it helps give a lot more direction that to my plans.

[@justachick3114]

Ive been thinking of going into hogs to provide some income so this is very timely! Thanks so much. Just sub'd and gave you a thumbs up!

[@leighb.8508]

This video was so good I actually want to cry. Thanks very much for being so clear and honest. Also, you have a lovely family.

[@georgewashington938]

thanks for providing so much useful info

[@MichaelDavis-uu9zh]

Thank you for these videos they're very insightful:)

[@dominatrix0216]

my best friend and i are currently seeking investors to start a community homestead, but this video is extremely informative. thank you for this.

[@davehoover8214]

Great video. Thank you for it. I'm now a subscriber.

[@vickyboyer2384]

I know nothing about this, thank you for information.

[@Olph1]

That was very informative. Thanks so much.

[@kp2947]

Great video! Clear, concise and to the point. Subscribed.

[@thepigguy5582]

I would agree with everything he said especially the end about the time lol I been buying piglets for years ..This year we have 5 Gilts that will be supplying our demand of piglets we need ..

[@danisesmith5785]

Great video! Thank you for sharing your knowledge.

[@RedToolHouse]

Thanks for watching.

[@bevlower6793]

WONDERFUL!!! Wonderful. wonderful...just the information i was needing...thank you!

[@RedToolHouse]

Great! I hope you benefit from it.

[@victorquesada7530]

Great Video, need a spreadsheet! That would be a wonderful tool. Thanks for the video and the thought process behind it.

[@hermitld]

Great video, clearly done, even if you factor in your infrastructure costs it still yields a good return and as you said, it's the quality of the product that is really a big plus.

[@RedToolHouse]

Thanks! It really can be lucrative as long as there is market share. More and more people are getting into hog production so that is starting to show up as an issues as well.

[@willspanish]

What a fantastic video, very informative

[@rogerbradley7509]

Thanks for the awesome information. We will be starting our pig venture in the spring!

[@RedToolHouse]

Good luck!

[@therapeuticaromatics]

very informative, thank you!

[@martinflores4345]

Such a humble man

[@joenadeau4419]

That was excellent, very helpful

[@jenniferbower2545]

Watching this in 2023. The prices are much higher now. It's a great video.

[@lolitabonita08]

excellent information!

[@Sawsparrow]

Just discover your channel. It’s exactly what I was searching for. My dream is to buy a piece of land at my retirement. Keep up the good job.

[@donnaschofield6947]

Thank you. I needed this info. I'm about to purchase a small farm and want to start with some hogs.

[@MrLaftis]

thank you very much.

[@waytruthlifedisciple]

Thanks for redirecting me to this video. I'm interested in pork because I was thinking about opening a bacon/pork themed restaurant in the future.

[@papaandnanahomestead1467]

The time subject is all about doing what you love.

[@andreweastaughffe1070]

great video!, I think your approach on raising animals for food and money is on the mark. The average homesteader/hobby farmer can compete against the big industrial commercial farm operations on $ per pound/unit of weight they have who systems that are automated to reduce cost and maximize profit per pound. on a small scale like this you can get that customer base looking for good quality meat with good animal practices and fill your freezer and get some money back out of your land while doing this

[@stevesundberg5956]

Great video. Thank you.

[@milestogotilisleep]

Takes me back to our 4H days.

[@NorwegianHomestead]

Amazingly informative !

[@newt13spacerider7]

tyvm for all the Time (haha) and effort you & yours put into these. n

[@dazie1245]

Grate info thank you

[@forestgrump2168]

Haven't done this in a while , but when we did the hardest part of scaling up is finding buyers

[@Jason4Star]

Man this is a great video. You do a great job explaining the math and reality of raising hogs in a language that I understand. You also present a whole lot of questions about how to cut that cost of raising hogs down as much as possible. I would think that growing your own feed would be the best way to do that. Every time I read the label on a bag of feed I find the same ingredients (more or less): corn, wheat (products), soybean is common, etc. Corn, wheat, millet, sorghum, oat grain, etc - these are all easily grown and do not require very elaborate fields. Soybeans too are easily grown and are the primary source to regulate the protein of a given feed. I will probably try your example this year of getting 3 hogs, but let me ask this: did it matter if they were male or female on the first 3? Thanks again!

[@RedToolHouse]

Jason Forister we looked at feed options. I have 100 acres of land but less than 5 acres cleared. To raise my own feed for the number of hogs I have it would take more acreage than I have. Thanks for the great feedback. If you start with 3 hogs, the sex doesn't matter but if you think you may want to breed your own then gilts would be ideal. If you get boars, make sure they are castrated so you won't have to worry about boar taint.

[@ChrisMcDonald321]

Great video!!

[@hatfieldmccoy2359]

Great Video!

[@USCGCoasttoast]

Going to try it out this coming spring.

[@RedToolHouse]

Awesome. Good luck!

[@julitofatima6575]

Great. Thanks

[@paulhughes3961]

My wife and I are selling some land in South Georgia and plan to use that money to purchase some more land somewhere in Tennessee or Virginia. Raising pigs really looks like something we could comfortable doing. And chickens. Great information, thank you.

[@RedToolHouse]

Paul Hughes I really do like raising hogs. They are fun to watch and relatively easy to care for. Good luck with your land sales!

[@stoneycarter5546]

Wow thanks Troy I just payed my 134 Acres off and now I'm starting to make my plans to start building I'm definitely going to raise hogs I'm not to far from you just down the road, but i'm not going to sell my hogs but raise them for my family use love the videos, I really like the Videos on the saw mill

[@RedToolHouse]

Awesome! Good luck with your hogs.

[@ChevyChevelleLover]

Love this

[@nickblackmen7194]

Hey how you guys doing I really like the information that you guys shared it was very encouraging I'm just starting you know so everything was very very very helpful and I just want to say God bless you folks out that way and keep it up and continue to please give information I did subscribe to your channel I will be looking for notifications and I just love the fact that you guys explain everything just so well for me and I am just blown thank you and have a very good happy New Year Christmas what have you good night

[@RedToolHouse]

Thanks for watching. Take Care

[@drewmckinney9883]

The wife found your podcast the other day and we really enjoyed listening to other hog farmer. So this morning I found your KZbin channel and now I'm a sub with a big thumbs up. Great content thank you for what your doing. Oh by the way we are raising our first batch of pigs didn't go with three though... neighbors had 8 feeders for sale so we bought them all. Took a couple weeks to find a buyer for the 8th one but they are all sold and doing great on our Joel Salitan deep beading method.

[@RedToolHouse]

Sounds like you are off to a great start! Thanks for watching!

[@tmhwriter]

I live in the suburbs of southern California. Watching your video is like watching life on Mars. It looks very satisfying though. Thanks for sharing and posting.

[@RedToolHouse]

Sometimes we feel like we are surrounded by aliens!

[@danisesmith5785]

It is extremely satisfying to live here in Wild Wonderful West Virginia!

[@collier6794]

Love your videos

[@ethanmartin4366]

I subbed great pig vids. I just got two feamles and a boar they are about a year old so im hoping for piglets in 3 and a half months!

[@tonylopez7913]

Thank you

[@joemedeiros6253]

Awesome Video guys !!

[@RedToolHouse]

Thanks!

[@burningdaylightfarmsnc1329]

Enjoyed your video. Definitely eye opening when you figure how much it costs to produce a pound of quality meat. Have you looked into better feed conversions by fermenting your grain prior to feeding? Thanks again for the information.

[@GraceHomesteadFarm]

Thank you so much for this! We live in Central ky and get our hog feed 1000lbs for $108! We are just starting. I have 52 acres and have the pasture Picked out where I want them. Last winter we made a deal with a farmer, we house the yorkshire piglets and he buys them and pays for feed and we do the work feeding and we share half pigs. We took 2 to slaughter and kept 1 gilt for breeding. Before we could breed her with another york, a pot belly broke in and bred her!! . :/ so we now have 7, 4 week old piglets and hubby bought a 8 month old red wattle gilt from a friend. We jumped in head first but I love it!! I need to fence in the 5 acres that will be perfect for them! We have 27 walnut trees and tons oak trees!! I usually work by myself so it slowly is getting done. We just cut 3 piglets from pot belly pig little and we have the 4 from the york sow that we can not for the life of us catch!! Thanks again!! Happy Homesteading!!

[@RedToolHouse]

Sounds like you are well on your way! That's a good price on your feed as well. Keep us updated on how you are progressing!

[@kathybluxome5514]

GraceHomesteadFarm To catch my piglets I put a bit of feed down , go behind the one you want to catch and grab a back leg and pick it up quick and hang it upside down and they usually settle down after a few seconds! Have another person hold them upside down by the back legs to castrate them. If they are a little bigger use a five gallon bucket to hang them upside down in and rest their weight on the front feet and they can't run from you!

[@rayalnaturel7394]

Consuming the freshest and healthiest producs from your own farm offsets the time deal!

[@kimnenninger7226]

Excellent video. I learned a lot! I bought lard hogs that grow very slow and top out at 200lbs. I wonder if you could even make a profit on that size of pig?

[@marcelpilon5279]

Cool video

[@kalemercer7053]

If you have the resources, id suggest 4 or 5 pigs max. This would give you the room to grow and expand income options. JMO

[@tjwilson1591]

Perfect, thank you, going to do that again with other animals?

[@alexcruz4640]

I wish you guys had 1,000,000 subscribers

[@arunvarma1]

Excellent Video, please explain customer reaction and liking of processed product from pasture-raised pigs I am sure these are preferred over non pastured pig.

[@christianlouis4218]

I love the shot with you hanging out with the pigs

[@RedToolHouse]

They are great animals. I enjoy spending time in the pasture with them. Each has their own personality.

[@longdustydryroad]

Super video and set up yall have. When I was a young boy my daddy had hogs. butchered 1 or 2 every year. Now I am older I got 2 spot/tamworth sows and 1 Yorkshire boar. When the sows farrowed we had 12 piglets total. They are pasture/swamp raised but I don't know how to market pasture raised pigs in my area. At the local auction pigs sell for .60 to .80 cents per lb. I would like to get more for them. Any ideas?

[@heyerstandards]

traveling salesman comes down the farm lane and sees Farmer Bob standing underneath the apple tree struggling to hold a feeder pig up in the branches, eating apples. Astounded, he stops the car and hollers out the window, "What are you going???" 'Feeding my hogs for free," he replied. "Yeah, but doesn't that take a lot of Time,” the salesman asked? "What's time to a hog?"

[@RedToolHouse]

heyerstandards awesome! We farmers have nothing but time, right?

[@justachick3114]

loved it!

[@troyeager8877]

I went boar hunting the last 6 years. Cost me about 700 to a 1000 for 2 -3 hogs a year. That was room and three meals a day and quartering. I processed myself. But now I'm thinking of raising my own.

[@AdaptiveApeHybrid]

Idk if you are still active but thank you so much for sharing your knowledge. I am very interested in silvopasture, specifically with pigs and goats. It's a hard thing to find good info on!

[@RedToolHouse]

I am still active (but getting older!). I think I have over 500 videos on the channel and still releasing at least two a week. Not all are winners but hope you enjoy some of them. Thanks!

[@charlielewis6849]

Well just to make it easy I think I gonna stay with 2 hogs free meat or almost free works for me but thanks you guys great video

[@mrgearheadfromhell]

I went a bit different with my pork production, I currently have a pair for breeding and plan on getting a second sow so I'm not breeding the same sow every year. My boar Fred was given to my by a friend in Florida, he is 75% Hampshire 25% Landrace, Wilma ( sow #1) was purchased at a small farm auction for $75.00 she looks to be 100% Landrace, I didn't get a chance to talk to the seller, however as you can see from my videos she has the long body that is a distinct characteristic of the Landrace breed. I'm going to try to bring another sow Pebbles ( sow #2 ) back from Florida when I take my holiday vacation next month. Up until today I was getting my feed from Tractor Supply for $13.80 for a 50# bag, initially I had them on 50 % feed and 50 % whole corn; However I took them off the corn a few months ago. I have been going through 100# of feed a week for both of them and they are filling out quite nicely. Today I was able to stop by Southern States and found out their hog feed was 16% protein and $9.99 for 50# vs 15% and $13.80 @ Tractor Supply, so needless to say I have a new feed store. I haven't done any market research yet although I have had inquiries about how much I would sell a hog for. I just told them I wasn't sure just yet but it wouldn't be cheap, because I wasn't feeding them junk and was more interested in raising a healthy animal and producing a quality product. I told them I can only sell you a junk hog one time, I want to sell you a quality hog so the next time you want to buy one your not going to look anywhere else and not haggle over the price. At this point I'm not sure how much I have tied up in my pigs, the "Tahmahog pen" is costing me a fortune though. My problem is I'm gone 12 to 14 hours a day 4 days a week, I commute 2.5 hours to work round trip and work 10 to 12 hours, so if one of my hogs gets out they are going to be gone; So the "Tahmahog pen" is being built to be escape proof.

[@robcrickett]

Red Tool House: this is such a great info video you have put together ... totally sold me on the idea of raising some pigs. I just bought 50 acres, half of it cleared, half bush, in Northland New Zealand. My first question is how do I identify what breed or cross breed my first three pigs would be if I want to sell or breed . . . are there some key points for matching pig breed to climate, pasture type and available food sources?

[@RedToolHouse]

Rob Crickett sounds like a great plan with 50 acres. As for breed, there are a variety of benefits to certain breeds based on how they forage or how the grow. If you want to raise some for yourself you could look at some of the heritage breeds but I really like a Duroc mix. They put weight on fine and forage quite well. I cross breed for hybrid vigor and reduce genetic complications. Good luck with your pigs!

[@intrepiddevildog]

What about your time? You got to keep a pig for your family. You know you raised it well. You know it's worth more in your family's tummy than the cash. Great video informative.

[@christdriven8790]

Awesome thank you so much, helped me alot.

[@okskeeter278]

Great video. Very informative. How many acres have you fenced off for the pigs and are you breeding any or just buying weened ones and growing them out?

[@RedToolHouse]

Casey Smith currently we have a little over 5 acres of pasture/wood lot. We are expanding that this year and hoping to double the size. The next 5 will be all wood lot. We do AI here and have been building a duroc mixed breed for 3 generations now. 4th generation will farrow next week and they will have Berkshire lineage.

[@BJSmith-sp1dh]

Your feed costs are pretty good, only about $25 per ton higher than my cost. And I live in the corn belt. I must say that in my experience that most people should expect to pay for their pig with the two that they sell. I would not expect to make a profit. I would still encourage the idea of raising 3, eating 1 and selling 2. I appreciate your sharing your feed costs. When we started raising pigs the feed cost was very difficult estimate. Very little info out there on feeding outdoor hogs. Our feed costs are right around $125 to $130 per 280 to 300 pound hog.

[@RedToolHouse]

I think with infrastructure costs for the first three would definitely eat any profit. May have to go a couple years to really see extra cash show up. Nice to see my feed costs are ok. Still have to drive an hour to get it, though.

[@KC-fz6hb]

Like family working together, ,, glove med,,

[@willowriverranch7965]

Have you considered buying by the tote? We get organic no-soy feed for $780/tote delivered, I’m sure there are conventional feeds that would be a whole lot cheaper than buying by the bag....

[@LauraPerez-nh9zr]

Very informative, but the business is always risky like you said, pigs can get sick or died, and then how do I do my research to find customers, or how to sell my product, I'm thinking in chicken eggs and ducks eggs.

[@eugenesteele8310]

Live hog prices are expected to average about $67 to $68 in the final quarter of this year and through the winter.

[@RedToolHouse]

Yeah, that is why we sell direct to consumer. I will take $3.50 per pound all day long before selling on the open market. I don't see how farms survive at those prices.

[@arunvarma1]

I will be obliged to get what are the Pig Welfare(Animal Welfare) issues in West Verginia you apply in their management,

[@yoopermann7942]

do you account for the feed that raccoons and rodents and birds get in that figure? i found that these critters are drawn to hog feed like iron to a magnet. great video!!!

[@PeterSedesse]

Would you have any guidance on how much land per hog? really great video and love your presentation with the numbers and details.

[@RedToolHouse]

Peter, That is a bit of a moving question. It really depends on your land quality. If it is good thick pasture, then you would need much less than if it is land you are clearing like we are. I have no more than 25 on 5 acres, but much of it is still wooded and dose not have good grass at this time. The key is rotation. No matter how much land you have try to break it up into smaller paddocks that you can move them around on. That will keep your pasture from getting destroyed. Basic suggestion on pastured hogs is 25 per acre but I would not say that is applicable to all situations. Thanks for watching!

[@PeterSedesse]

thank you. yeah, that makes sense.

[@rodneytatman449]

I'm curious what did you do with the extra 6.5 ton(13,000lbs) of feed? 22 hogs fed to market weight takes less than 15,000 lbs of feed. Hogs fed beyond 265# have a lower fed conversion rate and at a much higher percentage of fat. Also your average daily feed rate per Hog is outrageously high. A 265# Hog will have a average feed rate of 7 lbs/day, 22% less than your 140 day average. So either you have a horrible amount of feed waste, your feed mill has their thumb on the scale or you're not getting the feed quality you're expecting. I'd be very interested to hear your thoughts on this.

[@georgeluna5845]

Rodney Tatman thanks for that.

[@FVWhimsy2010]

I think he's showing HOW to break down the costs...every farmer has their own preferences in how they raise their animals and costs can vary. Perhaps you should do a video explaining your system of feeding?

[@dennisfahlstrom1257]

Is raising pigs good for your land? For instance is the manure a good source of fertilizer?, do they eat invasive plants?, are they destructive - do they eat all the plants?, are they easy to corral? Thanks for your videos. As always, they are informative and interesting. Keep them coming.

[@RedToolHouse]

If you have pristine pasture, they will be hard on it. They are omnivores so their manure isn't as beneficial as a ruminant but it is still good stuff once it has composted. They eat many invasive plants and mine love poison ivy! Electric fence makes keeping them very manageable. Thanks for watching!

[@briankleinkopf8557]

i Love piggyzs, best animal on farm *WORD!*

[@princetonyidahosa1902]

Thank you for this information. how much is the cost price 1 ecar of a farm land in the rural area?

[@RedToolHouse]

Really depends on the area. We bought our 20 years ago for $550 per acre.

[@mikefee9614]

Grate video my friend!! Question: what is the cost of a whole big in the USA? I live in Mexico. In Mexico the cost of a pig 40 pesos for kg(2 dollers for pound).a pig will run you 40x80kg $177 dollers for a 150 pound pig on the hanger.so my question is: can I profit if I export to the USA? Gracias from Puerto Vallarta mex.

[@marcosbacas7169]

Hi, God Bless y’all. Great video!!! But I still wondering how do you deal with predators. Prepare a video explaining that. Think about it!!! God Bless the work of your hands! Amen

[@RedToolHouse]

Are you referring to predators for pigs or predators on the homestead in general? We will add that to our list of topics for future videos. Thanks!

[@marcosbacas7169]

Ohhhh sorry!!!! Of course I’m referring to pigs predators but if make a video explaining about how to deal with the others would be great. It could be a challenge to keep the pigs safe every day so they are free in the woods. If I was a wolf I’ll try to get one of them every week for dinner haha. Y’all are doing a great job in Red Tool House.God bless you again!!!

[@RedToolHouse]

No problem. We have yet to have a predator issue here with the pigs. While we don't have wolves, we do have many coyotes and black bear. I will definitely make a video discussing predators. Thanks!

[@arnoldromppai5395]

Marcos Ba i only ever had one problem with any predator with my pigs and that was a bear many many years ago well before i was using one wire electric, i was only starting out and i had the pigs in a fenced in area of wooden post and 2x4 welded wire fence 4 feet high, and this bear jumped over the fence and grabbed a 100Lb pig under its arm and jumped back over and made a run for it across the yard and field, by the time i grab my rifle the bear with the pig was a good 150 to 175 yards away, one shot and the bear went down, and the pig ran for home, i started using electric fence back then with 4 wires only, then i noticed bears come with in 5 to10 feet of the wire but no closer, it was like the bear new it was not safe, as i had more sows i needed more room, so i ran 2 wires around a 2 acre peace of land, one wire 10" off the ground and a second one at 24" off the ground as i could not account having any more then that, as in the pen with the 4 wires the pigs never bothered the higher wires, later on a year or 2 later i was in a big rush to make another area for another set of younger piglets and i didn't have much time so i used step in rods for posts and ran one wire 10" off the ground for an area 200x 300 feet, 16 pigs were in there for 2 months before i put them in the bigger area, not one pig ever got out, from that one wire, so later i took down the second wire on that 2 acre peace and made a 5 -6 acre area with one wire only, the only predator problem i have ever had since on the pigs and young steers is human, with the exception of wolfs killing a 3 month old steer last fall, but i killed the wolfs a week later, but our MNR pays use for any wolf kill loss at much higher then market value, providing you get a farm number, witch anyone can get with just a phone call, before any wolf kills

[@JoseSanles]

Great Video. But oh how things have changed in 5 years. In northern NY piglets go for at least $100/head. And as far as feed, the cheapest I found goes for about $21/50lb bag. When you add it all up, it costs me about $952 per 200lb pig. (Slaughter fees go for $100/head and the processing about $0.99/lb) They have killed the small farmer industry.

[@adamgronvold8608]

What do you think would be an appropriate number of hogs to raise per acre? I'm on 2.8 acres, and just over half of that is where I'll be raising them. I plan to start with 3 and see how things go, but I'm just curious as to what a good limit would be. I don't plan on ever getting to 20 plus on this property anyway but I figure somewhere between 5-10 would be a reasonable number once I've got the experience.

[@bullpuppy689]

im in ritchie county west virginia..wanting to start with a couple hogs,, been trying to convence ..wifie to let me..lol we usually keep 2 steers..for butching every couple years and to help keep place looking nice..(my qeustion is).?? running hogs in the wooded areas.? and I with cattle.?? and your suggestion if i ran in the woods..

[@RedToolHouse]

Running them in the woods would be perfect. Put them in areas that are overgrown and they will clear it out. If you have oak, hickory, walnut and any other nut producing trees, that will give them some great free protein in the fall. Mingling with cattle will be ok, but they do make holes in the pasture.

[@briankleinkopf8557]

Movin pen, haul it wiff a quad, 270-300 lbs each Best podk in the USA! pork* free range! way 2 go!

[@terriperry9434]

Do you get deposits prior to buying your pigs or after delivery to customer?

[@troyeager8877]

I go boar hunting every year. If I didn't I would go through a farmer like you than the store. Commercial meat is usually done in mass production. Sometimes not the most healthy or ethical procedures.

[@RedToolHouse]

Totally agree.

[@drqin402]

Good stuff loving it. Have a great day.

[@jamesgames4280]

Do you have to process through or USDA inspected place in order to sell at the farmers market where you live

[@ericcampbell9055]

Don't know if you've found an answer to your question, if not. The processor you take the animal to is going to ask you if it's going to be for sale or not. They will handle the meat appropriately for the answer you give. We take a hog and cow to slaughter every year.

[@h.s.6269]

How do you find customers if you sell directly to them? Nearly paying $1k for a full pig is asking a lot of people who are used to just buying it in small orders $10-20 on pork a week at the grocers. You said friends and family in another comment, but idk if people know what to do with the whole hog instead of just bacon, chops, and hams that they are used to. I am just unsure how to market and find these customers. Any tips would be nice! (I'm not yet farming but I'm hoping to soon, learning all I can).

[@virgilfisher1869]

My silo paid for itself in three fillings, MFA delivers for free in 3 ton increments. And now I do not have a rat problem because they cannot get into my silo. I now get my corn whole and sprout it prior to feeding. Do not know if that is better yet.

[@RedToolHouse]

virgil fisher that sounds like it is working out well for you. How tall is your solo? Is it a 3 ton capacity?

[@virgilfisher1869]

It is a 5 ton. But if I have some still in the bottom, 3 tons will get it most of the way to the top. When I call, MFA will deliver within a couple of days and I do not need to fill it to capacity. This also simplifies my tax statements.

[@RedToolHouse]

virgil fisher sounds like a great setup. Our feed store is over an hour away and won't deliver bulk - only bags and not for free