Browsing by Subject "hogs"

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    COVID‐19 Response: The Role of Hog Farmers in Minnesota’s Rural Economy
    (2020) Hadrich, Joleen; Roberts, Megan; Tuck, Brigid
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    Hogs Your Way
    (Minnesota Institute for Sustainable Agriculture, 2001) DiGiacomo, Gigi; Love, Patricia; Martin, Wayne; Morse, Debra Elias; Nelson, Beth; Virnig, Ken
    Hogs Your Way was created and produced for farmers considering adding, changing or expanding hog production in their portfolio of farm enterprises. It is designed to help you make decisions on how to raise hogs in a way that best fits your overall personal, family and financial goals. The challenges associated with hog production have increased over the last few years. Low prices and rising costs, environmental concerns, concerns about food safety, and social controversies have made hog production more challenging for farmers. However, in the midst of this there are farmers who are excited about their hog production systems, their enterprises and their future. Hogs Your Way tells stories of some of these farmers and describes the production systems they are using. Some of these practices are not often seen in the farm press and are not widely known. Hogs Your Way presents these alternative systems as well as the more conventional confinement system, with the goal of increasing awareness of the range of options for hog production available to Upper Midwest farmers as they try to adapt to these challenges. In addition to providing an overview of four production system options, Hogs Your Way challenges you to consider your “big picture” in making your choice. A new or expanded enterprise on your farm can have a variety of impacts on your work, finances, quality of life, family and community.
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    Objective Grade Standards For Slaughter Hogs
    (Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station, 1952-06) The North Central Livestock and Marketing Research Committee
    WITHIN THE SAME weight range butcher hogs usually sell at about the same price per hundredweight at given markets in the United States. Because little attention is given to quality in pricing hogs, producers have little incentive to improve the hogs they market.