How To Grow Your Own Pig Food On Pasture

We always get a lot of questions on how to grow your own pig food for your pasture raised pigs, Today we're doing a deep dive into how Mark raises Rye for the pigs

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[CalfandCloverCreamery]

Is this video meaning to claim that mangalitsa pigs can survive on a diet of solely just rye cover crop grass and no other supplemental grains? I’ve been on farms that did a similar intensive rotational grazing system which involved not just planting rye but a whole variety of diverse nutrient dense high bio mass cover crops…this is actually not uncommon in pastured pork systems: they all still supplement with other feed grains, minerals and even compost scraps. This video makes it seem like they are raising not just feeders but birthing pregnant sows on solely rye grass? 🤷‍♂️

[witheringliberal]

Imagine I’ve never owned a pig and never planted a crop - but I absolutely love learning these things. One day I’ll farm.❤

[mrspeigle]

The details of farming are always interesting to me. I may watch hundreds of videos and read dozens of books on the subject but will proably never farm myself. It just scratches a itch in my brain.

[andrassalfay]

I am hungarian and I found this randomly browsing pasture maintenence videos for farm animals :D
Glad to see people are doing well with this magnificent animal on the smarter side of the planet! :) Learned almost everything I practice today from videos like this :)

[krm]

The hogs will work the manure into the ground in the existing pasture- minimum tillage is better than “rototiller” - a chain rake or chain link fence towed to break any clods/level ground. Add forage radishes, crimson clover and buckwheat to diversify the crop- its better than a mono crop

[jeffkiehne]

Mulberry trees also grow very quickly if heavily prune and leaves can be eaten.

[fiveon]

I planted barley and oats for my pigs but I’m excited to add some field peas and rye. I love pastured pigs

[feedthepeoplefarms]

2.03 lbs includes all the water in that forage. to get the dry matter (DM) weight, you gotta dry the sample out before weighing it. DM weight is more accurate when calculating forage. DM weight can also be found online for a lot of forages.

[kenolson]

I raise mangalitsa pigs. People tell me how intelligent and compassionate pigs are. I tell them pigs are as compassionate as a shark. I processed a five-month-old male yesterday, and his sisters were delighted to lap up his leftovers. Damned city Folk.

[macromicrodragon]

Just pack in a bunch of biochar to get up to 9% even carbon per acre tilled in 1 time and done, then you can simply water in all the manure no-till. Better than that you can foliar with a nice vortex brew of compost tea, and then those microbes can reproduce from 12 cups of composted manure to equivalent to 10 tons worth within 24 hours, using some simple molasses and compost brewed in a tea.

[louisbrentnell]

My sorgram Sudan grass hit 9 feet tall. It makes lots of feed.

[braydencarlgren]

Sounds impressive! Equates to around 2ton dry matter. Like the marketing and advertising! Keep it up.

[motleyassortment]

Watching all these interesting farming videos, makes me want to become a farmer.

[patrickgrimes]

Fantastic video. I have heard much about the uses and benefits of rye and you added one more positive take on this wonderful plant. I have never heard of the pig you mentioned so thank you for that recommendation and I will be sure and watch your pig video.

[brycehess]

We run our IPP's through rye, sunflowers, kale, clover and buckwheat all spring and Summer..switch to rye and clover in the fall..works killer and pigs love it

[clairefarnell]

Just bought a 161 acre farm. Will be doing this for sure.

[nicholasnapier]

You’re ahead of your time don’t stop I learned a lot from you I have chickens I like to raise animals and I need more land I don’t require as much with that but it is important Florida Tennessee

[jeremyjohnson]

This video is seven months old, but something got the algorithm to start promoting it. So many recent comments.

Great video. I just subscribe to your channel.

[eastcorkcheeses]

Tamworth pigs are bred from a variety known as the" Irish grazer "

[nancysmith-baker]

Thank you this is fascinating .
Always liked pigs . I am a city slicker learning from you .