A MODERN AMERICAN PIG FARM - What's a contract grower?
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- Pig farming or pork farming or hog farming is the raising and breeding of domestic pigs as livestock, and is a branch of animal husbandry. Pigs are farmed principally for food (e.g. pork: bacon, ham, gammon) and skins.
Today, there are more than 60,000 pig farms in the United States. They include a variety of farm sizes and types, and they raise pork to meet a wide variety of consumer demands. There are different approaches to raising pigs, including: small-scale farms, large-scale farms and those whose pig raising practices serve niche markets, such as consumers who want pork raised with outdoor access or heirloom breeds (such as Berkshire pork).
A 250 pound market hog yields about 150 pounds of pork. In addition to pork, several valuable products come from swine. These include insulin for the regulation of diabetes, valves for human heart surgery, suede for shoes and clothing, and gelatin for foods and non-food uses.
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Thanks for stopping by! We had a lot of fun showing you around the place. Podcast coming soon!
very informative!
I watch your show and you guys do great job and with some fun in them!
if you go to our latest video, in the drone footage tork built my barn in 2006, he hasn't changed much
Checked it out!
We need more of these videos. Helps the non farmer/producer to learn how the industry works. Great stuff !!
More to come!
Very informative, thank you. The pigs look happy, warm, well fed and watered, hanging out with their buds, not a care in the world. We should all live so well. Happy pigs make great meat.
Love the opening SHOT snouts!! Had sows for close to 30 years. Watch those guys on U - Tube a lot. LOOSING YOUR A$$ no the feeling 1998 12 cents fats!!! 😢. FLEX AUGERS TAKE A SHOWER MOLLY BEFORE YOU GO HOME 😂😂. Thank you guys so much. Tell it like it is confinement is not always BAD.
Awesome comment thanks!
Been watching this farm on u-tube for awhile.They do a great job of taking care of thier hogs!! I am a retired hog farmer.I have raised many 1000s of hogs. This is a very good operation.They work very hard and it shows. Great video. Thanks 🐷.
Very cool! Thanks Stan!
Great tour.
I grew up doing 50 sows farrow to finish west of Cedar Rapids.
Gave it up in 1986 and got a job in town because the 100 acres my parents owned could not support all of us.
Sounds like a familiar story for a lot of guys.
Likewise here in Ontario had 150 acres with my parents 50+ sows farrow to finish. Tried to expand during the 18%+ interest rate era.
Gave it up in 1985 for a career off the farm that lead me to Guelph, Ontario where I am now.
Two stand up channels giving down to earth facts- priceless
Thanks Bill!
Very interesting. I watch their channel but learned a lot from this interview.
I appreciate that!
Come a long way since the 1970s
My first boss ran 2750 +/- . Fair size
for back then. VERY INTERESTING 🤔
Interesting!
I watch There TH-cam channel. That was a really good show.
Thanks Mike.
Great video. Wondered if you would visit those folks, lots of dollars in their operations.
We’ve been trying to get together for some time!
Excellent information. Thanks, I want to know more about raising pigs.
*What is in the pig feed?
* What else can you tell me?
Feed is a mix of corn and soybeans with other nutrients.
Just one question how much labor is needed for their setup
They said time required in the barn changes depending upon the stage of the pigs and the health of the group. On average takes 3-6 hours to chore 4 barns that are close to one another
Minnesota hog farmer in the 1990’s . 110 sows farrow to finish 1998 got me! Great video I can relate to what he was saying. Well done!
I learned a lot about hog farming on the trip. I’d like to dive deeper into the 1998 crisis.
We raised pigs on are ranch, pigs always poop or pee in a corner away from their beds and feeding bins.
That’s what they said.
Been watching them longer you but very glad I found both channels. When you building your barn. Haha.
No barn for me unfortunately.
Are you coming to the ag expo tomorrow hope to finally meet you
I will be there Wednesday
Olay thanks !
Molly and Ben. This was very interesting. Thanks !
Thanks for watching!
Lot of Ribs running around in that barn set-up ! Good video .
You got that right!
Great video , very well explained , outstanding , congratulations , stay safe ! Working hard daily !!
Thank you very much!
Great video... All i see is pork chops and bacon. yum..
Good stuff!
I work for amvc we have about a quarter million pigs in our facility
In a north central PA farrowing barn, we did NOT cut teeth.
This video has made my bacon obsession even more intense!
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How many pig are their sir
2400 per barn.
what a great time.
Factory farms arent for my family, we buy local direct
I spent a good part of my life in Iowa almost 20 years.. One of my finest memories is my co-worker one day asking if I wanted to come help feed the cows.Asked him if I could ride the bull, his response "I'll give ya $100 if he even lets you get close to him". My sister is married to a man from Iowa and still lives there. Their son's middle name is Nile after Nile Kinnick. Go Hawkeyes!!
So what came of the $100
@@iowANFarmer Took one look at that bull and said no.
Hello! It always good to expand knowledge...
Always!
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They are not your pigs, start to finish would be your pigs. Trust me when I say this.
The government stuck there nose in this process and took away a lot of FAMILY farms.
Kelly M Benedix.
The government didnt do it the corporations did it
You use the word integrator is that the same as franchise? As in the resteraunt business
Great video
Thanks Todd!
Very informative.
Glad you liked it
Really well
Done guys -
Thanks Craig!
I want to say back in the late 70s early 80s my great grampa sold like a livestock k trailer full of hogs and went out n bought a brand new truck w the aftermath of $$ back in the day for small family generation farming. Sure probably couldn't do that by any means today, but it happened back then for sure..
I’ve been told that hogs was the money maker there for a period of time.
@@iowANFarmer I would agree,. I believe my great grampa got out some were around 93 and my great uncle around maybe 96.. Some were around the 93 mark they also started over in Milan, mo doing a big hog operation of PSF and that is a hole nother kit and kabutal of a convo. But in short that's about the time the big squeeze started in my opinion.
Awesome interview!! ❤
Glad you think so!
My Late Uncle farmed pigs in Hampshire, England 🇬🇧 from the 1960s until the early 1990s on his rented arable farm. Rather different to those set ups.
Very interesting video thank you.
Thanks for sharing!
Why isn't sorting automated
Small food manufacturers who are 'successful' enough to supply WM, WF, HEB, TGT, AHOLD specifically with 'own brand' soon find themselves OWNED by the customer. Same thing coming for production ag. Social, Environmental, DEI....
Great information
Glad it was helpful!
Sounds like packers (with a few small modifications) could set up their processing to accommodate a variety size of hogs.
it looks really nice
Who can I contact about a contract
I want to work in this farm sir
Thanks for the video
You bet
When I lived in NC I use to drive by pig farms and Turkey farms. The smell would kill you
Good vidio Ben
Thanks Brad!
Awesome video.
Glad you enjoyed it
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Give me some baby back ribs!!!!!!!! lol Back in the 90's Premium Standard and Continental Grain and bought a lot of ground around us (N.W. Mo) and built mega hog farms. They are all apart of Smithfield now. They do every thing from farrowing to slighter. Great job on the video!
We chatted about that off camera. We haul grain grain to Lucerne for hogs
Apa aja pakannya bro,dan gimana komposisinya .mohon di jawab
Look at Mike Rowe, Dirty Jobs and there is a company out there doing the exact same thing about recycling water/manure.
I’ll look it up
Thank you sir!
You are welcome!
Great Job
How big is that building? How many square feet
100x200 I believe. Split in half
This was a great video of two funny guys, thanks for stopping there
Glad you enjoyed it
Good
Thank you for sharing your videos with us...
Glad you like them!
That's a lot of bacon 🥓 !
You and Molly will have to chat about being tackled by hogs lol
Sure will.
Nice video! What is a pig space?
Good question!
@@iowANFarmer So, whats the answer?
@@evisabogdani6922 1 inch. they got no space to roam. this environment does not match their physiology. humans are making reincarnation dangerous.
Nice video Ben. I wondered what it looked like in one of those pig barns and it looks really nice
I think it speaks for the way they take care of the pigs. Nice barn and happy pigs
Great video on the operation and history on the market.
Glad you enjoyed it
Is that 42 per pig space per turn or per year?
I think year
The ol man should be the only one talking about contracts, and ol barns. And contracts very depending on the barn area and history.
He stated that in the video.
@iowANFarmer the truth is you caint make a living just raising out hogs, there is allot of factors those boys won't speak on.
@@kincaidfarm744 they are very open about hog farming. Check out their podcast
Yeah my vidoes are more realistic and truthfull.
thank you for the video
You bet!
They have a beautiful facility.
They do a nice job!
@@iowANFarmer yes they do!
It looks really crowded. I hope you guys find a more humane way to have them with more space 😢
Awesome video .
Thanks for the visit
An american farm???