Farmer Resources: Pigs & Agroforestry

[@cowboy2180]

That was interning and helpful , cheers … subscribed!

[@anna-marietillwick5514]

Greetings from Johannesburg, Republic of South Africa. Love you video's.

[@mahesh25387]

Excellent information 👍

[@ethanolson2591]

Great use of livestock for planting site preparation

[@DodgeVendetta]

Amazing video, the pigs look so lovely. Greetings from Belgium.

[@GOAT_GOATERSON]

BELGIË!!!

[@BeautifulNaturalDramatic]

Great practical and educational video - thanks

[@majorhonest8745]

Beautiful life in pretty village

[@frankstared]

Absolutely brilliant work.

[@norbertcobangbang7878]

That is the same thing which called hollistic management by Alan Watson.

[@Michaelleger77]

we just bought some property out in NW Arkansas that has tones of that Tree of Heaven. there are some big trees and a crap ton of saplings. Will the pigs eradicate these? My understanding is that these will send up more trees from the roots if it is cut down.

[@livingthedreamhomestead1589]

Thank you so much for sharing. We are going to be using pigs to help clear land for us. Are there any breeds that do better?

[@thomasreto2997]

I hear Idaho pasture pigs have great charactistics for small farms🌈😃🤙

[@mike87364]

Great info thanks!

[@cbdspecialseeds8834]

Thanks for sharing.

[@thomasreto2997]

Joe salatins model what a great way to treat livestock (pigs have a great life) and the land (I would put in a chestnut or two as well). It also makes the meat really high quality because the pigs get proper exercise. Just like a leg on a chicken is tastier (muscles are worked more) than a breast. 🌈😃🤙

[@xander4043]

Joel Salatin is an inspiration to many people! I love his methods!

[@80krauser]

In the Eastern US the Chestnut Blight kills them all. Even in the Pacific Northwest it can be hit or miss. It can be difficult to get blight resistant trees. It’s illegal to even sell chestnut trees in my state of Louisiana. Had to get some American hazelnuts instead

[@thomasreto2997]

@@80krauser I suppose chestnut would be considered invasive in Louisiana? There is a chestnut tree along the castlman river in confluence pa that is not less than 120 feet high….this thing puts out delicious chestnuts the size of plums! Thank you letting me know 🌈😃🤙

[@80krauser]

@@thomasreto2997 No there were two kinds of Chestnut native here the great American chestnut that grew very tall and a type of dwarf bushy kind of chestnut. But the blight is so strong down here they don’t want any trees coming into our spreading it. We even had a chestnut spring up on our property in the 70s sometime but like all the others it got the scabs and died from the crown down before it could make any nuts. I’m told it broke my grandfather’s heart to see it. They used to be everywhere in his Father’s Day. The University system has been working on Chinese hybrids, trying to isolate and breed in to native stock their at least partial immunity. But people have been working on that for decades and nothing seems to be on the market. It’s very sad because many of the early American settlements and homesteads were built with native chestnut timber. It was particularly strong, straight and easy to work. Maybe one day th at can come back but I don’t know when that day is.

[@thomasreto2997]

@@80krauser that’s quite an interesting background history and it made me think about how fragile our ecosystem is. So I gather from your conversation on the subject is that blight is the invasive agent in Louisiana. (Probably because of local weather conditions) It makes me wonder how it was introduced or was it something else…like the earlier generations killing off all the native trees that possibly had some type of immunity that was somehow lost. A lot of questions to think about…and hope that things somehow recover. It reminds me of rapid ohia death in Hawaii. It is a problem with native trees dying in droves. It is such a problem that the state put a ban on inter island transport of ohia lumber. Also there is instruction to not move a fallen tree other than where it lies because it will spread the disease. There are so many interconnected relationships in nature that the balance can be thrown off so easily

[@MrMoekanz]

Using this model, how much land do you need per pig per year? We kept pigs for about 15 years, but using a different model, they didn't get moved as often, and we had to plough and reseed yearly.

[@jamesalanstephensmith7930]

Informative!

[@dawa8746]

Anybody know the pig breed?

[@betterlifeacademy1744]

Amazing 👍

[@shellys7660]

Maybe plant a few oak trees. I've heard pigs love acorns.

[@smor944]

Are you a fan of Joel?

[@thomasreto2997]

I am! He is amazing. 🌈😃🤙

[@alexgard4968]

Kyle Mooney!!

[@ElenaHaskins]

Sincerely hope you did not kill the pigs after they helped you.

[@mikepowell8611]

Oh, they're delicious.

[@georgehilas8454]

Probably so, but isn't this the relationship with our food we should have? I hope you dont think that being a vegetarian or vegan does not involve death? Living and dieing is happening all around us. For plants to grow, something has to die. This is how natures system works. One day we will also go and become worm food for the next generation.

[@thomasreto2997]

I feel for you, as that would be the hardest part of farming , 😢but they have great happiness while living (exercise, fresh air, contact with other pigs, as in nature)and if you do it fast and without them knowing what will happen, it will be sort of a gift to them. 🌈😃🤙

[@GOAT_GOATERSON]

Why? Pig meat is very nice