Northern Homesteading

I hear the question a lot in pig groups "Does this pig look pregnant". Sometimes it's tricky but here are ways to tell. The best sign that a pig is pregnant is missing her estrus cycles. Pregnant...

Green and shelling beans are the most reliable crop we grow. The hard part is keeping up with picking them. Beans are usually planted by June 1st in southern Michigan, June 4th in central...

I've experimented a lot with cracked corn and certainly have some opinions. Pigs can eat cracked corn but it's not nutritionally complete and pigs won't digest it adequately unless it's been...

Pigs have become my absolute favorite sustainable farm animal and breeding them at the right time makes the whole thing go better. Pigs are usually bred for the first time between 4.5 and 12...

This article contains a compilation of pig feed recipes and feeding tips from myself and other farmers. You'll want to read the whole page. My Recipes using just Corn and Roasted Soybean Corn...

All-stock can be pretty cheap and it's more universal than you might expect. Most animals can eat All-Stock but it's usually intended for horses, sheep, goats, and cows. Poultry, pigs, and rabbits...