Revealing our Profits from our Kunekune Pork Sales!

[@charlesperry1051]

Doing halves and wholes make sense. That is how we buy most of our meat. We buy a half cow (grass fed) from a family friend in WV (we live in TN now). We buy a whole lamb each year from the farm across the road from us and we buy half a pig from a farm about 5 miles from us. It is just better meat.

[@ronsmith1278]

John,,, your killing me😅, "we have a guest to explain why we 47 pigs."About fell out of my chair, i had to replay and laugh again. 😂

[@danhutson3460]

I just love your site! I look forward to every one. When I was growing up, I said I wanted to be a farmer, but I never did. I did have a small garden & I raised so much stuff that I ended up giving away most of it. Some people actually gave me some money, which was nice, but I just loved being able to share what I had. I had an uncle who had a 100 acre farm outside of Statham, Oconee CO, Georgia. He had three large chicken houses with layers, he raised pigs, meat cattle. He also had produce too. My family always loved visiting him it was so much fun. And we always took home veggies & eggs he could not sell. Whatever he sold was the best, as that was what his parents raised him to do. And my grandparents taught their children to do the same too. I just wanted to share some of my memories with you. Take care & God bless you & your family.

[@KCFarms]

Thanks for sharing. We appreciate your support

[@PerspectiveDesignCo]

Nice video. Will be exciting with all these pregnant sows this Fall. No know due dates and trying to guess…..

[@tanyajenkins919]

I really enjoy your videos found your channel a few months back . Have to see it every time see a new one out . I really like the way your farm is taken. Thank you for sharing . I like seeing all the piggy's

[@KCFarms]

That’s great appreciate you following along

[@GrowingLittleCountryhomestead]

Maybe see if you can work out a deal with your local processor. You can advertise their name at the farmers market or something like that and they could give you a deal for processing? Just a thought. I butchered the pigs I got from you, last winter and let me tell you the hams were a huge hit at Thanksgiving and Christmas. We might be calling you again for pigs. We tried to get pigs closer but people out here haven’t got a clue about pure breed kunekunes.

[@cwomo9147]

I think u have a good idea regarding selling half and whole pigs... taking into consideration the length of time it takes to grow them out to maturity, not only will it cut your costs, it will be cheaper for the buyer because they will be saving money by not paying the price for individual cuts. And selling consumers with that fact should be easy

[@heathermurray6134]

Enjoyed the videos just had my first piglets all going well and thinking how best to take it forward myself, thanks guys 😀

[@KCFarms]

Appreciate you following along

[@nechellesanders2887]

Keep pushing forward you will figure it out.. yes wholes and half will be the best way and send them to the same packaging company that could be money to

[@timpetersfarmgarden9792]

How big is the farm

[@SundryTalesOfConstance79WESTY]

Firsties! Nooice! 😎 STOC

[@suestauffer1677]

Can you tell me how much you would charge for a whole or half hog? We have 3 we are processing in March & wondered what to charge per hanging weight

[@liabetmiranda9961]

When will you start processing pigs on your farm? Do you need a USDA permit or license? You treat those kunes better that some parents treat their own kids, LOL! I'm thinking of buying a piglet for suckling pig, and I'd be extremely happy if you made a video of stunning, sticking, skinning or scrape of pig hair. I love watching your videos, they're very calming to me, watching you grow and learn about farming, pigs particularly. And let me know when you're coming back to Western Massachusetts! Have a good day and thanks for the videos! Colin.

[@KCFarms]

We haven’t processed a pig yet but getting ready to do one for the first time. Was just in Northampton mass

[@liabetmiranda9961]

@@KCFarms bro, should've told me, could've met up! I'm interested in how you'll do it. As long as it's quick and easy, it should be ok. What's up with Cal? Seems confused lately. Hope he's ok.

[@lamardixon4485]

John, great channel. I’m a new subscriber and new to the kune kune pig culture. I believe I heard you say you have all registered pigs, if so do you tag the ear and when do you do that. Thanks for the inspiration and all the information!

[@KCFarms]

Hey appreciate you following along on the channel! For our registered pigs we use microchips. We microchip once we get ready to send of DNA to register

[@suestauffer1677]

It’s our first time Will we need to go USDA also to sell to customers?

[@drgalenos2049]

Thanks for sharing. Do you think a different breed would have been more profitable?

[@79PoisonBreaker]

Do you a maximum number of sows you "plan" to stick to or go up to?

[@KCFarms]

Not sure if there is a number we plan on having. We are just enjoying them. I’m sure we will sell some soon

[@joshuahepner9637]

Appreciate the channel and all the hard work. Maybe next you can go through how you film and edit your videos? Can’t wait for the piglets!!

[@ronmetz9172]

Hi John, it’s unfortunate Tennessee doesn’t have a state slaughter inspection program. I see they do have a custom slaughter program. If you start selling halves and wholes, you can use a custom processor. However, ownership of the half or whole pig will have to transfer to the new owner(s) ( i.e. bill of sale) and be documented prior to slaughter. I am assuming custom slaughter would be more economical than USDA slaughter for resale. I will say it again, look into grinding your own feed. At least try it for the meat herd. Buying all your feed is an expensive. The feed dealer is making the profit. Would you mind disclosing what the average usda slaughter/packaging costs were per pig?

[@KCFarms]

We were just over 230/pig

[@kellihall3847]

Have yall thought about getting into processing your own? I know in VA if someone buys a half or whole you can process the pig for them. Steve went to a few whole hog workshops to learn how to process our own hogs and that's what he hopes to do in the future. Other than the 2 roasters last year, we haven't done a grown hog yet. We hope to do our first ones this fall/winter tho

[@kellihall3847]

Oops I commented before I finished the video

[@ronsmith1278]

Lot of work, processing pigs. Just saying, this family works hard, you don't want to take on to much and sink the ship.

[@KCFarms]

I thought I saw a video of him doing it

[@suestauffer1677]

We have Kunekunes 😊

[@robinsouth8555]

Curious, the new pigs that are pregnant...will the piglets all be for meat or do you do genetic testing to register?

[@KCFarms]

Some will be for meat but we will be able to register if we have some nice ones

[@tanyajenkins919]

Have you ever tried Idaho pasture pigs

[@KCFarms]

No the only pig we have raised is Kunes

[@TT-_-]

Adding an Idaho pasture pig sow or two could be worth trying for KCfarms🙂 Breed with one of your pure kunekune boars for bigger, faster growing meat piglets that still have the shorter snouts and calm temperament of kunes...

[@Mm-iu2cu]

Do you cut there food ?

[@kunemeadows1641]

Since your feeding them with store pellets, you mine as well grow a better breed for meat pigs. Just saying...Also, if your gonna sell the meat, you have to sell in quantity because the butcher cost will kill you. (Unless your spending too much on feed? They are suppose to be grass fed, not pellet fed.)

[@willglueck3156]

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[@johnathanlewis8800]

Sorry if I'm the negative comment. I think you found out why these pigs aren't used for meat too often. Did you sell lard?

[@KCFarms]

It’s not negative, but that is the one issue with the pigs if you are trying to sell meat quickly. We have all the lard but haven’t sold it yet

[@johnathanlewis8800]

@@KCFarms might be worth renting a county certified kitchen. Render it down and sell it.