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How to Raise Pigs: Everything You Need to Know: Breed Guide & Selection/Proper Care & Healthy Feeding/Building Facilities & Fencing/Showi (How to Raise...)

by Philip Hasheider

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Publisher Comments:

No matter if your goal is to raise one pig or a herd, the expert advice in this hands-on guidebook will tell you all you need to know. How to Raise Pigs guides readers through swine operations from beginning to end. With more than 200 color photographs, the book covers conventional, sustainable, and organic farming practices.

 

Easy-to-follow advice helps you:

-Choose and buy the pigs suitable for you

-House and feed pigs

-Manage your herd and keep it healthy

-Breed your herd

-Deliver and raise piglets

-Show pigs at fairs and club meets

 

            Since 1928, the National FFA Organization—formerly known as Future Farmers of America—has been dedicated to agricultural education. Today, there are more than 500,000 members in 7,358 chapters in all 50 states, as well as 5,000,000 alumni around the country.

            The contents of this book were reviewed and approved by Dr. Clint Rusk, Purdue University Associate Professor of the Youth Development and Ag. Education Department, in accordance with industry standards.

            Author Philip Hasheider grew up on a cattle and swine farm in southeastern Wisconsin. He currently farms near Sauk City, Wisconsin.

Book News Annotation:

Drawing on a lifetime of experience as a Wisconsin farmer, Hasheider has written numerous articles for national and international publications and seven books on agriculture topics. Illustrated throughout with some 200 color and 50 b&w photographs, his latest text provides a complete guide for anyone interested in raising pigs. Coverage includes key steps for getting started; differences between conventional, sustainable, and organic pork-production systems; choosing which production system to use; pig breeds; the four phases in pork production; housing and facilities; fencing and enclosures; nutrient management; breeding and reproduction; feeding for profit and production; managing a herd and keeping it healthy; marketing meat; home butchering; selling a farm; showing pigs; country living; and resources for help and advice. Annotation ©2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Synopsis:

From choosing a breed to bringing home the bacon, this approachable, authoritative guide covers every facet of raising pigs--breeding, housing, feeding, healthcare, showing, and marketing.

Synopsis:

Pigs were once known as "mortgage lifters," a term that endears them to many small farmers. Whether you want a pig on your property for pleasure or profit, on a small scale or large, this is the book you should have.

From first considerations to last, choosing a breed to bringing home the bacon, this approachable, authoritative guide covers every facet of raising pigs. Whats the story behind the modern pork industry? What are the advantages of raising pigs on a small scale, and what does it take in the way of resources and accommodations?

After delving into these questions, author Philip Hasheider goes into the details of housing, feeding, and caring for pigs, as well as breeding, showing, and marketing them--as a project, a hobby, or a business, or just to have one of these unique porcine characters around the farmyard. His book also includes a glossary of terms, a list of resources, and information about pork organizations, regulations, and ordinances.

About the Author

Philip Hasheider has combined his interests in agriculture, cattle, and history to write seven books, including his two most recent in this series, How to Raise Cattle and now How to Raise Pigs. He has written numerous articles for national and international dairy breed publications and was the recipient of the 2005 Book of Merit Award presented by the Wisconsin Historical Society and Wisconsin State Genealogical Society for The Ancestry and Descendants of Alpheus & Sally (Copeland) Bass. His diverse work has appeared in the Wisconsin Academy of Review, The Capital Times, Wisconsin State Journal, Sickle & Sheaf, Old Sauk Trails, Sauk Prairie Area Historical Society Newsletter, Sauk Prairie Eagle, and Holstein World. He currently farms near Sauk City, Wisconsin, with his wife and two children.

Table of Contents

CONTENTS

Acknowledgments

Chapter 1: An Introduction to Pigs and People

Chapter 2: Getting Started

Chapter 3: Pork-production Systems—What’s Your Plan?

Chapter 4: Breeds of Pigs

Chapter 5: Pork-production Systems—Organic, Sustainable, and Conventional

Chapter 6: Housing and Facilities

Chapter 7: Fencing and Enclosures

Chapter 8: Nutrient Management

Chapter 9: Breeding and Reproduction

Chapter 10: Feeding for Profit and Production

Chapter 11: Managing Your Pigs

Chapter 12: Marketing Meat

Chapter 13: Home Butchering

Chapter 14: Exit Strategies

Chapter 15: Showing Pigs

Chapter 16: Country Living

Chapter 17: Help and Advice

Appendix 1—Glossary

Appendix 2—Resources

Product Details

ISBN:
9780760331583
Author:
Hasheider, Philip
Publisher:
Voyageur Press (MN)
Subject:
Animals
Subject:
Swine
Subject:
General
Subject:
Agriculture & Animal Husbandry
Edition Description:
First
Series:
How to Raise...
Publication Date:
20080431
Binding:
TRADE PAPER
Language:
English
Illustrations:
218 color & 20 b/w photos
Pages:
192
Dimensions:
10.63 x 8.25 in 1.63 lb

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From choosing a breed to bringing home the bacon, this approachable, authoritative guide covers every facet of raising pigs--breeding, housing, feeding, healthcare, showing, and marketing.

"Synopsis" by ,

Pigs were once known as "mortgage lifters," a term that endears them to many small farmers. Whether you want a pig on your property for pleasure or profit, on a small scale or large, this is the book you should have.

From first considerations to last, choosing a breed to bringing home the bacon, this approachable, authoritative guide covers every facet of raising pigs. Whats the story behind the modern pork industry? What are the advantages of raising pigs on a small scale, and what does it take in the way of resources and accommodations?

After delving into these questions, author Philip Hasheider goes into the details of housing, feeding, and caring for pigs, as well as breeding, showing, and marketing them--as a project, a hobby, or a business, or just to have one of these unique porcine characters around the farmyard. His book also includes a glossary of terms, a list of resources, and information about pork organizations, regulations, and ordinances.

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