I agree with most of what your saying. But pigs do graze, yes not primarily, but they chew grass all the time and in winter they love good hay. There s a lot of variables, grass type and maturity.
@arringtonfamilyfarmsllc58414 жыл бұрын
Check out polyface farms (Joel salatin) and Justin Rhodes. What y'all are talking about "pigs destroy pastures" only happens with poor management. Other than that good information.👍
@obadiahscave4 жыл бұрын
Right on...
@augustethompson39644 жыл бұрын
My EXACT thought! Joel Salatin and Justin Rhodes
@tylerhowerton85184 жыл бұрын
My man I had to come on down to the comments real quick like hold up I’m pretty sure as long as they are moved you’re totally good but I do understand if left In one spot they will tear up some things
@hillbillyfarms37144 жыл бұрын
My pigs are on rotation and they do not always root, they graze most times and root sometimes. they fix the soil too. I think they root when they smell bugs under the surface
@andrewmackie59233 жыл бұрын
True, but not all of us have been gifted with 2,000 acres like Mr. Salatin where pigs can be rotated to endless fresh pasture while the others have time to recover.
@mookie2000mhhs4 жыл бұрын
Pastured pork vs pork in a pen means leaner, meatier pigs. Room to run and move about gives a better meat to fat ratio.
@Truth18143 Жыл бұрын
Yup
@jessicahoff8673 жыл бұрын
I really never thought there was a such thing as a pasture pig either! I was like hog wash. But we bought Idaho pasture pigs (because they are so docile and friendly) and they are thriving out on our pasture. We still feed them around a pound of feed a day (so much less feed then other feeder pigs we’ve had in the past) so we have something to add their mineral to but they are growing amazingly way better and faster then I ever thought possible. We rotate ours on pasture and our pasture looks amazing. They are truly amazing. You should really look into them. They are difficult to find though and addicting.
@cpubugs5 жыл бұрын
I think we just need to change their "pasture". I think a natural pig "pasture" would be literally brush or forest area . Where grubs, and small animals, etc are available for these pigs.
@TheFarmsteadMeatsmith5 жыл бұрын
Indeed
@coleenannis1534 жыл бұрын
@CarlosChip Morales omg my horse must be starving
@MrCoyotebob4 жыл бұрын
@@coleenannis153 Hahahahahahahaha! Best answer EVER!!!!!
@06pathrat4 жыл бұрын
@@coleenannis153 Horses are like rabbits - rear gut fermenters. They have a large cecum and colon that performs the same function as the rumen in ruminants, so they can use grass as a primary food source. If your horse is primarily pastured, you'll see the classic "grass belly" that you don't see on grain fed horses - think of the difference between race horses and family pets that aren't ridden or worked routinely and spend most of their time on pasture. That grass belly is due to enlargement of an active cecum and colon.
@tangokaleidos19264 жыл бұрын
@CarlosChip Morales they do digest grass! You have no idea what you are talking about.
@windelov14 жыл бұрын
I really believe that grazing is a natural trait for some breeds. I raise AGH and they graze the pasture down like the fairway of a golf course.
@priestesslucy32993 жыл бұрын
Once when my AGH got out before I learned to rotate them- even though they hadn't been fed for the day- I *could not get them to follow their feed* because they were far more interested in grazing.
@Jake-ji1or2 жыл бұрын
And that's the voice of experience... I plan to get some AGH so thank you for the info.
@duncansh815 ай бұрын
I have had AGH for about a yr now and they will destroy your pasture like any pig if you don't move them enough. However, they would much rather graze clover and grass than tear up your pasture. So far they've only been through one winter but they wouldn't eat the hay I through in their paddock. They slept in it instead. They are great foragers and I send them into the bush to eat hickory and acorns in the fall. They have a great temperament and are great homestead animals.
@grocefamilyfarm30623 жыл бұрын
You’re right that “Grass-fed” pork is not, in almost any case, plausible or ethical. But all pigs will absolutely graze... right before they rip out the plant by the roots. When I use the term “pastured”, in contrast with “grass fed and finished” I’m describing an omnivore that lived its life in a pastoral or silvopastoral environment. Not one that ate an entirely ruminant-appropriate diet. It’s never even occurred to me that someone might think they aren’t grain-fed.
@billiebleach78895 жыл бұрын
We give the pigs potatoes, vegetables, fruit, bread, pastry’s, milk and grain. They have a pasture with gras and a bit of corn and chestnuts. If we have an injured or killed chicken, turkey or guinea fowl, we cook it up with the potatoes and some of the grain
@jearly58595 жыл бұрын
You are absolutely correct. I was raised on a farm in Georgia where we ran Berkshire/Poland China cross on woods and pasture. Our pigs never ate grass. Seeing them munching away in the pasture one would think they were eating grass but they were not. They ate broadleaf,tender weeds like amaranth,lambs quarter and dock. This was great as our cattle prefered grass and they didnt compete. They ate wild greens of all sorts when they were young and tender but no grass or older tougher greens. We ran them out of the open pastures and into seperate wooded areas when they began rooting up the grass. Never saw any pig eat a blade of grass,but they sure love green legumes like alfalfa.
@TheFarmsteadMeatsmith5 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the feedback
@jmatlock19945 жыл бұрын
I have seen pigs eat grass. Came out the backside undigested.
@tangokaleidos19264 жыл бұрын
pigs will eat hay all day long, every day. You are misinformed.
@dontfit63809 ай бұрын
@@jmatlock1994I see pigs eat grass everyday all day and it definitely is digested when it comes out the back.
@JBTrapper935 жыл бұрын
I highly disagree. I’ve seen my pigs graze and looking forward to being released into new paddocks when rotated properly they will learn to graze. Mine are fed generally a 5lb grain diet and all the forage they want. They do love to root some breeds worse then other. That’s how they get their minerals other grubs and roots. What this sounds like is you’re comparing when people over graze and cram way to many pigs per acre and it’s over grazed and you see a mess. Silvopasture works great as well. To say a pig isn’t a grazer and doesn’t prefer grass or greens is crazy. Just my experience and thoughts.
@TheFarmsteadMeatsmith5 жыл бұрын
good clarification. "rotated properly" is the key and not over grazing. The pig will certainly eat grass, you're right. My point is that the pig isn't a ruminant and so will opt for higher nutrient food, if it is to be had, under the turf when a cow or sheep will move on to greener grass. This doesn't make pig grazing impossible, just a management challenge to prevent them from rooting up the turf, something it sounds like you do well.
@HandmadeMoments4 жыл бұрын
@@TheFarmsteadMeatsmith With a restoration agriculture farm you will have lots of high protein, carbohydrate and oil crops producing all year long. They need to eat bugs and fruit and nuts and mushrooms and the occasional root.
@eadams74514 жыл бұрын
I'd like more information please. Were tired of our pig pen being dug down muddy and just disgusting. We want to rotate on our pasture for our next run. What are some suggestions you have to get started.
@priestesslucy32993 жыл бұрын
@@eadams7451 either rotate them all the time (3 days max, depending on size and density as often as daily) or look inti Korean Natural Pig Farming where they build roofed deep bedding piggeries where the pigs live out their days. An open sky static 'pig pen' is going to eventually turn into mud unless you can drop a constant supply of organic matter into it
@coleenannis1534 жыл бұрын
When I think of 'Pastured Pigs' I think more about freedom and space to root, run, play, wallow and be pigs - they do enjoy chewing down some grasses and plants, and be careful they don't get into your vegetable garden, and watch how fast kitchen waste disappears. ROTATION is the key. You want them to disturb your soil in a beneficial way, not destroy it completely. And "Forest Pigs" look happiest of all. Silvoculture.
@mrmadness26994 жыл бұрын
Problem is, they rip up a wood lot really quickly. If you can take them to the woods when there are acorns in the fall it’s not so bad, BUT oaks do not produce every year.
@ramzramz4773 жыл бұрын
Intetesting. Wish everyone was such expert in their field!
@TheProphetsWhisper4 жыл бұрын
I think pasture management is definitely key. no system is truly passive, and no "pasture" is created equal. I think it makes loads of sense, in rotational grazing, to put resources into growing what you need and weeding out the undesirable plants. Pigs are excellent pioneer species at clearing under story plants to make room for better pasture under mature trees. worst case sell the pigs and the timber after it's all done and start fresh with species that actually eat tons of whichever plants seem to thrive in the area
@thistledrawfarm Жыл бұрын
MYTH OR FACT? I respectfully disagree with your sweeping statements regarding pigs eating grass. I raise grass-pastured pigs and customers tell me it's the best pork they've ever tasted. Some of them even tell me that I don't charge enough, even though my pork is priced at or near the top of the published farm-to-consumer prices in my state. There is also mounting evidence that grass-pastured pork is more nutritious for a variety of reasons. Is it more work than pen-raised pigs fed grain from an automatic feeder? Yes. Is succulent, marbled, flavorful pork worth daily care and occasional moves? YES! SO YES!!
@billflodder74392 жыл бұрын
Our Kune’s love to graze, and don’t root… but I think it’s mostly a way for them to keep stimulated. 2 feedings a day supply their nutrients… and the pasture is them having their best life.
@SarahPerine8 ай бұрын
I agree and I’ve only had lard pigs who seem to really enjoy fresh grass… and rooting! My pigs have been Mangalitsa crosses with x Idaho Pasture Pig, x Hereford and x American Guinea Hog. My hope is to plant crops specifically for them to eat. I just haven’t been organized enough yet to do that!! I think the beauty of “pastured” pork…. Is that it is usually far more humane than any other pork raised.
@cliffordwilliams95974 жыл бұрын
I hoped to rotate my pigs on pasture, then realized that I don't have enough pasture. My pigs live on deep bedding but are still GRASS FED because I sickle the teenage grass to feed to the pigs which makes way for the diaper grass for the chickens. The pigs definitely can obtain nutrition from cellulose - they're monogastric but still have the gut bacteria to process cellulose.... AGH, Kunekune, Idaho pasture pigs all do well with grass.....
@RichSobocinski Жыл бұрын
Every homesteader that I have seen on YT with pastured pigs always go out of their way to remind the viewer that they still need to augment their "pasturing" with protein feed.
@dontfit63809 ай бұрын
I hear this also about supplementing with a good pig feed. 8 years of raising kunekune I’ve never supplemented. I even spoke with a family from New Zealand. Where the breed originated. They agreed with me that the idea that you have to supplement them with a pig feed was perpetrated by the feed companies.
@cliffordwilliams95974 жыл бұрын
Even if the pigs can't digest cellulose as effectively as ruminants, they still get nutrients and minerals from the grasses...
@mrsnoop18204 жыл бұрын
they can't digest it means they can't get nutrient from it
@cliffordwilliams95974 жыл бұрын
@@mrsnoop1820 right...but "they can't digest [it] as effectively" means they are getting nutrients from it. Just because they're monogastric doesn't mean that grass doesn't do anything for the animals health, or the quality of meat...
@mrsnoop18204 жыл бұрын
@@cliffordwilliams9597 malabsorption
@cliffordwilliams95974 жыл бұрын
@@mrsnoop1820 Malabsorption is when an individual is unable to absorb nutrients from their regular diet, not a term that has relevance in this discussion. "Herbivores with monogastric digestion can digest cellulose in their diets by way of symbiotic gut bacteria. However, their ability to extract energy from cellulose digestion is less efficient than in ruminants." -en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monogastric "Animals like cows and pigs can digest cellulose thanks to symbiotic bacteria in their digestive tracts, but humans can't." www.popsci.com/science/article/2013-04/eating-ethanol-scientists-turn-inedible-plant-parts-helpful-dietary-starch/#:~:text=Animals%20like%20cows%20and%20pigs,waste%20in%20our%20digestive%20tracts. It's an established fact that pigs can get energy from cellulose in plants such as grass. It is a bizarre claim that the pigs wouldn't benefit from the vitamins and minerals in grass, and it is undeniable that grass fed pork tastes different (for many, better) than strictly grain fed.
@cliffordwilliams95974 жыл бұрын
Unarguably, it wouldn't be humane to raise most pig breeds strictly on grass/clover pasture. That doesn't mean the animal doesn't benefit from grass.
@wilspencer16894 жыл бұрын
You do not have a clue, buddy! I raise IPP, Idaho Pastured Pigs, and the butcher is amazed at our pork.
@702goodguy84 жыл бұрын
Wil Spencer Can you please share what breed or breeds you have had success with raising on pasture
@wilspencer16894 жыл бұрын
IPP, Idaho Pastured Pigs
@tangokaleidos19264 жыл бұрын
@@702goodguy8 all breeds. They must be rotated about every week. It will depend on area. Just make sure you rotate them quickly and give a long recovery time before returning.
@conamorporsiempre3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the info but both my IPA and Red Waddles eat the pastures i move them into. Ussually 1/2 to one acre pastures. I do supplement with grain and or organic milk curdled
@veganlogic4empathy Жыл бұрын
It's ethically ok to needlessly harm animals is a myth too.
@TheCrazySeis5 жыл бұрын
I have learned so much from your content! I have slowly put some into practice and hopefully by next year I will be able to do a lot more.
@TheFarmsteadMeatsmith5 жыл бұрын
So glad it was helpful
@Forest_Actual5 жыл бұрын
Great info! I never thought about pigs not grazing.
@TheFarmsteadMeatsmith5 жыл бұрын
Thanks. Glad it was useful
@greenthicketfarm Жыл бұрын
The right pigs absolutely do graze, and we have a dozen plus videos proving this, and proving that our pastures still look fantastic. Our pigs do the same impact to our fields that our sheep did. Yes we still feed supplement grain, but only half the grain of a standard hog, and yet they finish out at a fit 250lbs at 9 months old. The kicker though, we raised Idaho Pasture Pigs, and focus on regenerative pasture management.
@priestesslucy32993 жыл бұрын
But... My AGH eat massive amounts of grass and forbs as I move them through the pasture. They barely bother to root at all when they're moved every day. This is without feed inputs...
@carnivoreisvegan2 жыл бұрын
Not "only" but it can be accomplished with a cecum. Not all herbivores are ruminants. There are even monkeys that graze. Kunes and ipps's definitely graze. You need to own kunes if you think they don't graze. They do. He is categorically wrong. Even a few monkeys graze grass.
@carnivoreisvegan2 жыл бұрын
And as a caveat kunes can't live "only" off grass, but they can live "predominantly" on grass supplemented with some grains and hay.
@carnivoreisvegan2 жыл бұрын
The gelada is a monkey that eats predominantly grass. Cecums can go a long way to processing cellulose. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gelada#:~:text=Geladas%20are%20the%20only%20primates,and%20the%20seeds%20of%20grasses.
@carnivoreisvegan2 жыл бұрын
Geese also prefer to graze mostly grass . The idea that ruminants are the only animals that live off grass is just categorically wrong.
@mrs.garcia69783 жыл бұрын
This was very interesting, thx for sharing
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@tangokaleidos19264 жыл бұрын
pigs do not destroy pasture if they are rotated quickly. This video is complete misinformation. Pigs help the pasture probably more than any other animal. Pigs do graze and pigs do root. The trick is to move them before they root too much. The little amount of rooting that they do is more beneficial to the pasture than you can imagine.
@07negative565 жыл бұрын
Brandon. Have you had any experience with a breed of pig referred to as, IPP’s (Idaho Pasture Pig)? For how rad the Kune Kune is. They take too long to fill out.
@TheFarmsteadMeatsmith5 жыл бұрын
That is one breed I haven't dealt with yet. It sounds like they were created recently precisely to retain all the great Kunekune traits in a larger framed, faster growing pig. They look like 19th century Berkshires to me.
@MikeRPrevost5 жыл бұрын
I've had pigs for a couple of years and I've never been able to get them to graze without destroying my pasture. But I hear all over the internet they they will graze and you don't even have to feed them, etc. Not true from my experience. So mine are on dirt. I'm SO GLAD you said this. Thanks!
@TheFarmsteadMeatsmith5 жыл бұрын
Glad you found it valuable Mike.
@jearly58595 жыл бұрын
People see pigs in grassy areas appearing to eat grass but they are actually eating softer broadleaf plants like amaranth,lambs quarter and other common pasture weeds. We ran our pigs on pasture till they ate out the broadleaf weeds then put them back on oak woodland before they could start rooting. If people just walked out into the field to see what swine are actually eating it would help kill the myth of grass loving pigs.And yes its a myth that pigs can totally feed themselves on any pasture. Our pigs ran on 80 acres of woods and 25 acres of pasture and while our 24 to 30 pigs might have just survived on this land base they would not have thrived without their daily barley/corn/soybean meal.
@markbader37304 жыл бұрын
Do paddock. Make 1/2 acre plots and move them. I do works out great
@tangokaleidos19264 жыл бұрын
You have to rotate them quickly (weekly, give or take a couple of days) and leave a long time of recovery between paddocks or plots.
@priestesslucy32993 жыл бұрын
@@tangokaleidos1926 weekly honestly feels too infrequently. I wouldn't go over 3 days max. Granted my pens are SMALL (16² horse panel pens) with up to 8 AGH each, but it works well for me. I let the mothers naturally wean them around 2-3 months, divide males and females into separate pens and get them out grazing. By the time they're approaching harvest I'm moving them every day as part of my daily chores, but they barely root at all. Just a little now and then, easily scooped back in place before moving on to other chores
@marklloyd44384 жыл бұрын
I raise American Guinea hogs on pasture they root weeds where the grass isn't growing eat grass and don't dig the grass roots. I give them 2 cups of peanuts a day per hog witch they fight over so they like me and any stray eggs of unknown age. They are very healthy and happy.
@Jared-Brubaker4 жыл бұрын
Pastured pork doesn’t mean grain free.
@tangokaleidos19264 жыл бұрын
by law pastured pork doesn't really mean anything other than going outside for one hour a day. You are right, it doesn't mean grain-free, but it should. Pigs do not need grain although they like it. I have never given grains to my pigs and they thrive although they do gain weight slower, but it doesn't matter because they cost me absolutely nothing to feed. All I do is give them water. They are very healthy.
@madogllewellyn3 жыл бұрын
Wonderful dialogue!!!! We are moving to KuneKune with Kiko Goats.... We've got solid healthy Indiana grass pastures and are looking forward to the balanced combo!
@davidhickenbottom65744 жыл бұрын
Mine will hit the clover. I feed commercial feed and corn they love roots.
@joelegrand59034 жыл бұрын
Mark at bakersgreenacres has more than one video on this subject & the Great Father of pasture feed pigs, Joel Salatin makes it plain that hogs/pigs need store bought feed & corn. The people you speak of must be going on poorly repeated hearsay, no one on youtube has every said Grass only pig that I know of. Thanks for the remainder.
@priestesslucy32993 жыл бұрын
Certainly not _grass only_ but I've had great success with "pasture only" pork. But it has to be a slow growing lard hog like a Kune Kune, AGH, IPP or Large Black. And it won't work on straight grass, you need a diverse pasture. Clover and other forbs should be at least 20% And they have to be moved *often* or they will root.
@RobinPoe Жыл бұрын
Forest-raised pigs are better. Pig love bramble roots. It's the best way to get rid of Blackberries, if you set them out early. I think it's best to sow roots in the ground (mangle beets, turnips, rutabagas, etc). Rotate the pigs in when the roots are matured. they will root to their hearts content. I'm a fan of Mangalitsas
@paradiseawaits8213 жыл бұрын
Ohhh......I'm learning, great info., thanks
@graysongregory95853 жыл бұрын
What if rather than grass the pasture was comprised of near 100% forbs? A diverse mix of forbs could possibly supply a pig with the surplus nutrients which they desire without rooting, given that the pasture management system is well developed...though I still do not believe they would not root at all.
@dontfit63809 ай бұрын
I don’t know about some of the other forbs but dandelion is probably the favorite food for our kunekune. We do everything we can do grow dandelion. Dandelion and a pasture rich in legumes are essential. Giant ragweed and lambs quarter is also a favorite and they love to eat walnuts. The only time out kunekune root is in the fall. They root up any crabgrass. The roots apparently are sweet on the fall and only the young pigs root the older pig do not. We feed no grain and in the winter alfalfa, clover, and grass mix hay and sometimes alfalfa pellets if our hay is too woody. I’m eight years we’ve never had to feed grain or remove our pigs off a good healthy pasture.
@cristianchelariu1707 Жыл бұрын
I think there is a confusion here. There is a difference between grazing on grass and grazing on a mix of weeds.
@GrubbyPaddler4 жыл бұрын
Horses are also non-ruminant...
@sonjasmith34145 жыл бұрын
Love to hear you explain horses?
@amandaengelman51684 жыл бұрын
Horses are herbivores not omnivores. Yes, they are monogastric animals, but they have a large cecum that contains the bacteria they need to digest cellulose. The cecum of omnivores is not able to do this.
@claudiamcbride97469 ай бұрын
Funny, I just watched a Berkshire grazing grass like a ruminant. Not saying grass and hay should make up their entire diet.
@Truth18143 Жыл бұрын
We have a 3 acre homestead with 2 pigs that love to be let out into the woods to graze. We just slaughtered one, which left 2 and the meat was delicious. We have had a lot of orders put in for our meat. That being said;We planted grass, wheat and collards for them as well as the chickens. The pigs both root and graze. We see this everyday, we see them eat vegetation and roots. Also they are good for tilling up and aerating the ground so at the end of the day, they do not destroy pastures unless they get out into somewhere you don’t want them like the flower garden lol. Our pigs are fed soy and corn via 5 gallon bucket each morning with grazing and they weigh well over 275lbs a pig. We also give them scraps and treats from time to time. Our pigs are happy and healthy, in my opinion you all are over analyzing a simple thing and are very cerebral.
@joewindiana21503 жыл бұрын
My neighbor has a pet pig. They let the pig out everyday to eat grass. The pig walks around the yard and never digs up the yard. It just eats grass.
@thelostcreole2 жыл бұрын
Very Interesting! Ok....if you want your pigs to live outdoors as well as a shelter....do you give them industrial feed? We live in Ecuador and am trying to raise pigs on what we grow....bananas, yuca, avocado, and duckweed. Should i buy grain snd ferment with the milk from our cow? Thank you in advance and have Subscribed to your channel
@macrosense4 жыл бұрын
Do the browse the seeds of long grass?
@larrybenson35142 жыл бұрын
They rute up roots and such but pigs raised on pasture are much better eating than factory pigs. Pigs have to be on the ground not in a barn or on concrete.
@simmonds60632 жыл бұрын
I think that the panda is a prime example of an omnivore with the same digestive system as all other bears that prefers to thrive on bamboo (a grass). Same with pigs, there are some breeds that can be selectively bred and/ or managed to prefer grazing grass as their primary source of nutrition. My kunekunes get nothing but a bowl of kitchen veggie scraps and in the winter they get homemade grass silage. They are on about 5 acres and they have yet to root at all in about 3 years now. They cohabitate with the goats so really they double as livestock guardians. The only downside that I see is the slow growth rate compared to the larger feeder breeds.
@danalafell3664 жыл бұрын
Can hogs utilize forage? Research demonstrates that pigs make better use of forage crops than previously assumed. Studies have also shown that the digestibility of fiber improves as the pig matures. They absorb more nutrients from forages after an adaptation period of at least two months with nearly all of the fiber digestion taking place in the large intestine. The importance of using forage when it is at an early stage of maturity is more critical with swine than with ruminants.
@jacobspranger12675 жыл бұрын
What was the typical diet of pig several hundred years ago?
@TheFarmsteadMeatsmith5 жыл бұрын
It depends largely on where the pig was kept. Where there are forests with lots of mast, the pigs roamed and ate nuts and roots. This is called pannage. When the forests disappeared, or where there aren't nut trees, they were confined in yards and fed milk and grains and legumes and veggies and kitchen waste.
@calebhuang24295 жыл бұрын
In the Pacific islands, coconuts and sweet potatoes were given supplementally to their forage diet. This improved the fatty acid ratio
@paulclaussen4 жыл бұрын
Snakes, roots, eggs, small animals, carcasses, nuts, legumes and leafy plants w/ protein.
@phoenixalba1125 Жыл бұрын
You're not completely correct. You're conflating grazing with ruminating which is not the same. Did you forget about horses, rabbits, guinea pigs? They're all monogastric, and post gastric fermenters and mostly vegetarian. What amount of energy an omnivore can extract from grass depends on many factors. Quality of forage is only one of them. I would agree that a traditional hog cannot survive let alone fatten on grass alone, a Kune or AGH will graze and supplement it's diet with bugs, roots etc but the biggest part you're missing is this: we graziers call them grazing or pasture pigs because they don't tear up the pasture. I co-graze various species, which would be impossible to do with pigs if they did 100% what you claim: root!
@scottpomygalski60782 жыл бұрын
Do you have to worry about tricinosis in eating pasture raised pigs?
@quentinstore14645 жыл бұрын
What are wild pigs eating 🤔
@PorkRhyne4 жыл бұрын
Anything they can find
@quentinstore14644 жыл бұрын
Rhyne Cureton my point was that pigs do graze!
@stephenhagen62114 жыл бұрын
@@quentinstore1464 forage might be a better word for it. Wild pigs eat a lot of snakes, rodents, fruit, roots, grubs, and skittles.
@quentinstore14644 жыл бұрын
Stephen Hagen it was sarcasm ! All pigs graze!
@michaelmcnair18803 жыл бұрын
The overall health and well-being of any biological organism is the natural environment which nature provides. In this case, pigs, which thrive in a diverse environment of grass, roots, and bugs will be the healthiest in a pastured environment with respect to their overall mental and physical health.The cultural practice of pasturing pigs is the closest possible practice that can be replicated by humans for sure. There is a lot to be said for the overall health of an animal compared to pure weight gain. Even if the pigs are just rolling in the grass and not eating it there is a positive benefit for the animals overall. In addition, the land, the soil, and the greater ecosystem can also benefit from the cultural practice of pasturing pigs if managed properly. I feel like this video should be titled "The nutritional value of grass for Pigs" .
@ThaSharkPlayer2 жыл бұрын
U shoudn't use grass, u must use roots (carbs, sugar) culture, pumpkins, watermellon (also seed) and leguminoses trees. Makes full nutri and large quantite in small Space. Pigs can eat by themselfs and help labor. Also, ponds With lemna or azolla makes excelent job on protein. No more tóxic Food for your family. You don't even need tô buy seeds.
@liamlive1004 жыл бұрын
Joel Salatin has pastured pork with pig feeders too. Disagree with you calling it a “myth” 😡💔
@easybreezy96663 жыл бұрын
Salatins pigs are rotated on pasture every 12 days the majority of what they eat is grain based feed. Joel wouldn’t pretend that the main source of nutrition the pigs consume doesn’t come out of the feeder that moves to each paddock with the pigs. You’re angry about something you don’t understand. He’s not saying pigs don’t live on pasture but they need to be fed grain and vegetables it’s how their digestive system is constructed.
@andrewmackie59233 жыл бұрын
@@easybreezy9666 That's true. More to the point, he specifically said that he has butchered pigs that have only been fed grass and the carcass was emaciated. That's some heavy empirical evidence that supports the fact that pigs cannot thrive off of grass and forage alone.
@priestesslucy32993 жыл бұрын
@@andrewmackie5923 that's the intense, active bacon hogs. Lard hogs are chill and they can do well on constant pasture rotation. My AGH are a prime example. They don't grow the same way, they love mixed pasture and they barely root at all if they're rotated quickly enough. (Assuming, of course, mixed pasture. I can't imagine pure grass would meet their needs)
@ladypilliwick81793 жыл бұрын
Feral Hogs. they love acorns. and they love to eat hay. they eat everything. the Berkshire pig heritage has a short noise and loves being in a forrest. does not root
@lloydcoleman54693 жыл бұрын
Where do you get this information from? I have been raising IPPs/ for two years. I've never fed them anything. Not anything at all. My pigs get to 250 lbs in about 9 months and their meat is full of fat and marbled meat. They eat the grass and weeds down to the dirt before they start rooting. They eat acorns, pecans, berries and fallen fruit as well. But they definitely eat a lot of grass. I don't even let them root. I move my pigs every 4 days across 11 acres a year. You don't know what your talking about. Stick to butchering!
@priestesslucy32993 жыл бұрын
9 months from birth or from weaning (and if so, what age do you wean?) I love my AGH, but if IPPs can get similar pasture performance at that kind of speed and be ready for Christmas harvest after spring birth (finishing on mast) then I may have to consider them.
@lloydcoleman54693 жыл бұрын
@@priestesslucy3299 Hello, I wean between 5 and 6 weeks. It just depends on the momma and how well the piglets are fairing. I castrate after about 1 to 2 weeks old. And, I harvest them around 9 months old from birth. Again I do not feed my pigs grain or supplemental feed. I do provide blocks of salt and minerals. It's true that all pigs root but some root more or less than others. They all will root if you do not supplement their feed but with IPPs if you move them to fresh silvopastures often so they can forage their own food they will have no time to destroy a pasture. I like to move them three to four days at a time on quarter acre paddocks. With that they will only create a minimum disturbance to the pasture eating like goats do, all the brambles, weeds and small layer of grass. It helps that I've removed all non-fruit bearing plants. I strategically have beech, date, walnut, oak, apple, peach, pear etc. Trees surrounding my pastures so no matter the season there is always something hearty falling to the ground for the pigs to eat. I raise 4 sows and their piglets in this rotation harvesting only the piglets. They will eat my grass down to a very low level along with everything else on the ground with this rotation and only root small and few areas. I notice the ground partially rooted or around their waterer where they like to create wallows in the summer to keep cool. When I move them I overseed with a mixture of healthy weeds like field peas, lambs quarter and dandelion. With this I've learned that raising pigs can be very inexpensive. I also raise Jersey Giant chickens and three guinea fowl for meat that I rotate directly behind the pigs to eliminate or reduce flies and other insect pests. I don't feed the birds either, only minerals and water. guineas are territorial and aggressive. They will protect my chickens from small fur predictors and Jersey giants and turkeys are the only birds that can hold their own with the guineas. I'm sure you could get them to butchering weight months faster, maybe 6 months if you fed them but I like my pork with a low level of outer fat and just well marbled meat. Fat tastes better in the meat and most outer fat gets discarded by the butcher any way so why feed grain to get fatter faster? And if I can harvest 30 to 40 pigs once a year for virtually no out of pocket costs then im happy with that.
@johntaylor61362 жыл бұрын
Pigs do graze. Can they survive alone on just grass, no. If pigs are rooting and tearing up large swathes of land it’s because they are not getting the minerals they need. Add a free choice mineral supplement and the rooting will stop. All of this is I’ll informed person opinion based on poor management practices and mistakes.
@fredr63813 жыл бұрын
Hipsters on hams
@ranchoaustralianocolombiaa81513 жыл бұрын
Pigs eating grass and roots lessens the intake of expensive grains.
@mrrrl7955 жыл бұрын
could you feed pigs things like olives or fish oil to improve the Omega-3 profile of the meat? I know studies have been done on chickens where they fed them fish oil (not sure how exactly) and it improved the Omega-3:Omega-6 ratio
@TheFarmsteadMeatsmith5 жыл бұрын
Yes! Unsaturated and monounsaturated oils are the ones that come through in the flavor of the pork. Acorn finished pork really tastes of acorn oil. Pigs finished on fish meal will taste of fish, which, while healthy, isn't tasty. Olives, however, would make tasty pork.
@dankrull96163 жыл бұрын
This is a really terrible, confusing set of ideas and advice. Although he makes some good points about people starving pigs by ONLY allowing them to graze, he mixes it all up with a lot of bad information, confused definitions, and straight up false statements. Please don't listen to his advice. Pigs do graze, and gain a lot of benefit from grass, forbs and legumes. Many monogastrics do, including grizzly bears, peccary, humans, chimpanzees, and countless others. The fact that they cannot live off of grazing alone, does not mean that they don't graze, and that they don't derive benefits from grazing. Total nonsense.
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@TheAcacia1984 Жыл бұрын
Pasture pork Myth? Pigs on pasture means that they are free to roam, root and run around free. No that they eat the grass like cows. They do eat grass but they prefer rooting. You should tittle the video ": The myth of hogs eating grass"
@ralphy19893 жыл бұрын
You put rings in their nose so they cant root ya dummy.
@shannonfbc13 жыл бұрын
Kuni's do in fact graze
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@roberthubbs2454 жыл бұрын
How do you feel about feeding pigs spent brewers grain. I feed my cows that and want to get some pigs and feed them primarily spent barley too
@RnR10013 жыл бұрын
You can feed it to your pigs, but they won't gain weight as much.
@jmatlock19945 жыл бұрын
Range fed
@farmingforthefuture67384 жыл бұрын
12 seconds in: "Pigs don't graze. CATEGORICALLY" 1:08: "Pigs GRAZE secondarily." I can kind of see your point, but you're confusing terms so badly that your point is lost.
@juliocolobrado64302 жыл бұрын
pig are like a bob cat the work land ;)) you net around fast":))
@SaludyPlata4 жыл бұрын
This is a very interesting video but not because of the otherwise factually mostly correct infomration shared in it in that typical American manner (no offense, but to the outside world, this style of communication is immediately obvious, strange, and is tolling to continuously have to discern the actual information from the beckground noise of unnecessarily overabundant politeness and courteousness, the constant striving to avoid phrasing that some might or might not consider offensive - in short: inclusive language and euphemism treadmills...). Instead, it is interesting in its wider context: it is instructive to see how one of the most developed nation of the globe became so utterly estranged and alienated from the fundaments of animal husbandry, and from the ability to think and seemingly exist outside of urbanized and/or industrialized terms while being totally ignorant of the very same fact... And when confronted with this "discovery" , the wast majority seem to turn to, and immediately get lost among the myriad urban/animals right/health conscious myths which all claim to "KNOW THE ONLY THRUTH" about things a basic agricultural college/university book picked from ANY part of the world (USA included) would epxlain in simple and no uncertain scientific manner, backed by time tested and proven practice... Don't get me wrong: these pehenomena can be observed all around among First World urban populations; the alarming thing is that the West (and within it the U.S.) seems to be doing the worst. Perhaps there is such a thing as overurbanization and overindustrialization after all. But as the saying goes: "sic transit gloria..." Other than that, it is good to have people in the english speaking world who are putting out correct information on this topic. Just please don't try so hard not to offend people and not to hurt otherwise ill informed and incompetent people's supposed sensitivities... Greetings from Hungary.
@cameronsimonton25152 жыл бұрын
Surprised (and disappointed) you did not address organic pork or any other “healthier?” Pot option similar to grass fed/finished beef. Maybe you address that in another video.
@treyellis33 жыл бұрын
You contradicted yourself in the first minute and a half, and you're really just arguing semantics. Petty.
@NeoNoir_945 жыл бұрын
Would it ever be wise to feed pigs rodents etc because ive always suspected that they are more carniverous than they are treatd
@MistressOP5 жыл бұрын
They are in the wild. grubs insects, fruits, seasonal stuff. eggs from ground birds. they wipe out ground bird populations. Deer actually eat ground bird eggs to in the winter. and whatever meat they can find. also. A LOT of spouting things.
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@calebhuang24295 жыл бұрын
Pigs are very carnivores. Given a choice they go for meat first
@chiledoug5 жыл бұрын
They will eat piglets if they can get past mama.
@Jake-ji1or2 жыл бұрын
@@MistressOP Never heard of that but ground bird eggs must be scarce in Winter.
@ibeam57903 жыл бұрын
Pigs and bears follow Canada’s food guide better than humans. That’s why they are healthy. A little protein and lots of fruits and vegetables.
@jmatlock19945 жыл бұрын
They will eat anything
@AlfonsLC2 жыл бұрын
Alfalfa
@jmatlock19945 жыл бұрын
Best to have oak trees they love acorns
@RobinPoe5 жыл бұрын
A mast-fed pig makes delicious meat.
@tangokaleidos19264 жыл бұрын
you are right!
@mrmadness26994 жыл бұрын
Sadly oaks do not produce mast consistently
@devouring27722 жыл бұрын
Pigs do graze. Lmao
@markbader37304 жыл бұрын
No pasture pig. Is a pig not raised on a cement or grates
@ramzramz4773 жыл бұрын
Splitting hairs. They just mean raised naturally, isnt it?
@agostonbenedek18984 жыл бұрын
L9l...Have you heard about Mangalica and Basna?
@mariaapostol20024 жыл бұрын
I have heard, these are Roumanian pigs, Bazna and Mangalița are one of the best heritage breeds, if not the best, especially Bazna.
@mariaapostol20024 жыл бұрын
Olso, they have a very healthy meat...
@ThatGuy-jb6yf4 жыл бұрын
So then what do feral hogs eat?
@mrmadness26994 жыл бұрын
That Guy, They eat acorns, worms, grubs, carbohydrate rich roots, etc.
@skimark82752 жыл бұрын
This is BS Pigs do pasture feed or forage , same with chickens, now if you said grass fed like beef I would agree. A pig that is caged and cannot even turn around will not be even close to a pasture fed one's quality , even if in its pasture has supplemental food.
@amandadetwiller91493 жыл бұрын
But horses graze...
@madcocarebear241323 күн бұрын
Not true- Kunekunes 100% will choose grass time and again. This is completely untrue information on Kunekunes. Lol 😂 please do more research talking to actual pork production kune breeders.
@jasonc26512 жыл бұрын
🤦 pigs will eat hay, grass, meat, everything, they need grain supplements they root to eat the roots grubs they service Better in wooded areas not grass pasture. Wild boar lives off of the land. You might as well just say pigs are only to be grain fed 🙄 is what your saying. Exactly they aren't designed to be grain-fed or they get too fat you just stuck yer foot in yer mouth 🤣 they are omnivores.
@dylanskinner19433 жыл бұрын
You are wrong, I have healthy pastured pigs...
@chiledoug5 жыл бұрын
Hog can eat about anything I guess id you have a forest full of acorns..one could get away with it
@chiledoug5 жыл бұрын
maybe you almost have to feed them some grain.
@jdelgren99273 жыл бұрын
Yeah, cuz bush pigs eat grain 🤣🤣 a pig will eat anything he comes across! Oh, and you know those "only up to my knee" pigs you slaughtered? Ya know there's different breeds right?? 🤪
@jeffb62764 жыл бұрын
Whaaattt??
@obadiahscave4 жыл бұрын
😂😂😂...
@sgtdonaldduck3 жыл бұрын
Kune kune
@coreyhillebrand71675 жыл бұрын
The myth is the information provided in this video.
@TheFarmsteadMeatsmith5 жыл бұрын
care to bust it?
@sverre3714 жыл бұрын
@@TheFarmsteadMeatsmith Some grasses they do eat, ask any farmer that raise pigs outside a barn, I can agree with you in the term pastured pork, I would call it free-range pork, and fed with a fantasy world of grains, as pigs will eat almost anything.
@tangokaleidos19264 жыл бұрын
@@TheFarmsteadMeatsmith It's been busted all throughout this comment section.
@jackwilliamson58723 жыл бұрын
Bullshit come see my pigs my pigs don’t root up the ground