Selling $19,600 of Pork from My 1-Acre Pig Farm
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$14.00lb?
Really!
I would have like to have heard more about the cost from start to Finnish along with what you made in profits,
Price Gouging
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They must be magic pigs at that price.
You have cleaned out the comments nicely to make it look like they are all positive. Great work Chairman Mao.
Love that this was a success. Love to see the kids and Mom chipping in with ideas and work. It is amazing to see what pigs can do to an area!
Run a large limb between two trees above the feeder and run a rope from the feeder to the limb just enough to take the slack out. When they get to push on the feeder it will stay in place.
I love this, we run a similar set up with our pigs with an emphasis on regenerative ag. We finished out about 20 hogs this year(still have 10 out there that need to go in) as well as 9 breeders on top of that, all on 4.5 acres of silvopasture and we still have loads of grass even coming out of this 8 week drought here in southern Missouri.
here is my question plastic can be colored any color why are the water plugs for the pig water station black not neon orange or neon green so you can find them
You’d want pink in the woods. Orange is very easily hidden in the woods.
Would the paint affect them?
@@khadineboyce2117 It’s not paint. Plastic is dyed before molding it. There are food safe colors available.
...probably because black is the color they were when the original owner bought the water station. Justin had no control over what color the plugs were, and likely the original owner didn't either. It's the color the manufacturer decided upon.
This way they’re easier to lose and you have to buy more
Kudos to Dan, your new “Director.” Please always include a closing comment segue. For those of us who multitask while listening to you, as in me, I never know if my signal was lost, or my phone messed up, or if you just abruptly stopped talking and videoing 🤣🤣
I too don’t like the abrupt endings.
Have you thought of mounting the feeder, and waterer on to a sled that can bee pulled from pen to pen.?
You could Mount the water supply on a sled with your water lick on all 4 sides of the sled.
To keep your hose from kinking over the top of your containers is to "Run the hose through straight PVC and a 90 degree PVC hub" You could use straight piece to run up the side of your container then attach the 90 degree hub, of course attach all with a bands around the container, If still having a kink at he bottom, just use another 90.
You can put a broiler facet on the bottom of the water barrels so you can just put the hose on it and it will fill pig barrel faster
man you guys have sure come a long way since i started watching many years ago
It's called having employees.
If you are going to keep doing the pigs in the forest, you need to get you a caged water tote. You can lift that with the forks on your tractor to carry it back and forth to the paddock full of water.
wow nice idea for use of the pigs... they really cleaned up that underbrush... fun video to watch... thanks
you should clear out all the small stuff - will be good to see - it will grow back fast - try to chip in lieu of burning and then compost all chips with grass and leaves plus - you do want bigger paddocks but lookks like you are going in right direction - consider taking out some of the big trees too but leave a few also or plant more
If hes going to burn it, make biochar. Far more valuable than some wood chips
I love watching all your videos. Thank you so much for all you share. I really love that you both babyware. For both of your back health you should wear him higher. In your videos he so low and that will wear down your back.
Thanks for the shout out Justin! I’m happy they worked out for you!
clear out all paths and do a road around property - good idea - save the logs for future timber frames - road will help you easily develop far paddocks - you have most of the equipment to manage - use winch on all big trees - you may want to farm it out - or rent a giant excavator for a week
I also purchased 5 pigs from the same farm. Had one bothered a week ago and I have to say I t's the best tasting pork I've ever eaten.
what did they cost
I gave $150 a piece for the pigs. Feed cost was a little less than $200 for the pig I took to butcher. Would have been more if I had to purchase all the feed. We have big gardens so they get a lot of veggies. Processing was $161, would have been more but I had him as whole hog sausage. Weight was 252# I got 150# of sausage. I could have gotten out cheaper with cheap feed but if I'm putting forth the effort I'm eating non gmo.
@@traciehudson6536 30kg organic weaners in UK £50 ish,
@@jensissons5709 weaners here run around $100. These were 12 week old pigs
If you do go to the market to sell get Jason of Sow the land to make you a mobile freezer.??
The editing and music in this video are spot on.
Great adventure. Good job Josiah.
That is a great way to raise a family! Just awesome!
Blessings to all!
Have you seen the IBC tote auto pig feeder? One size is for the bigger pigs and the other is cut for the smaller pig.
I love how u embrace ur dorkiness lol 😆 💓
You are hardworking people.
Place the blue barrel on some blocks to boost it higher and level (by the fence for easier refill from the side of the fence)
Lower the water nipple to the bottom of the barrel
Also tie down the barrel to the blocks so it doesn't get flipped
Great stuff Justin! Wife and I hope to c you and yours in Frontroyal Virginia at the HOA conference in October .🌈😃🤙
Pity I live so far away from you in the UK. Those pigs look good. You have come so far Justin from when I first watched your videos.
I like how the baby just chilling on your back
There is a manual mechanical siphon pump at Rural King for under 10 bucks super impressive five seconds to get it primed for five plunges into the water
Such a good system. I think the pigs liked the forest.
Nice to know for the future
You might be able to bend rebar into a "J" shape and hammer them into the ground over the lip of the feeder like a tent stake
Love this one, thx. Will you teach us about aerated static composting? How much easier it’s creation is compared to the old manual rotation methods. Please share why this Biodiverse Compost helps create resilient crops, according to Elain Engam Food Soil Web, founder.
Really nice that you can do such.
Mabe set that water barrel on top of another barrel,drill a hole with conical bit,put a grommet in about 2" up from bottom.Then a butt fitting into grommet.Then hose over to top of pig water barrel....only problem is filling it kinda high
I was selling hogs raised the same way in this area several years ago. Got laughed at repeatedly and good at hearing no at $3 per lb. He is selling at what looks like $12 to $14 per lb. More power to him.
Years ago I literally could not even give an acorn fed hog away and certainly couldn't sell one. We raised them on acorns and ate them ourselves but had to put them on corn for at least a month before we sold them.
It’s a name thing. There’s a few popular channels that even sell a dozen eggs at 10 a dozen. They’re only getting that price because it’s them.
I sell hogs at 3/lbs for a half and 2.75 for a whole. (It's going up .25 on both ends at least next year but it was my first time.)
I was trying to figure the same thing out. He's absolutely gouging his customers or he just found the perfect rich customers and knows they don't care about money.
Why don’t you get better clientele that have more money and less care about the pigs state of life your pigs lived in just say pasture or wooded, organic or any other rich person’s vocabulary and out comes the cash or check book . 14$ a lbs 😮 😳 hope you have lots of freezer space lol
@@viatori5566 this is definitely gouging!!!!
Around here you can't sell any pork for close to that price, except bacon. Only 1 farmer I know sells his home raised bacon for $10/lb & he happens to live in the richest neighborhood around. Which is why he can do it. His whole & half hogs go for $2/lb
Pigs are great landscapers. 😊💜
Y'all take care n have a great evening ❤👍🤗✌
Great job!
A few questions. Did you have to pay to have them processed, and how much of a cut did you take for that? Did you just offer like a half = however the butcher processed? Or did you it sell it off pack by pack? We are buying 10 acres and planning to breed and raise pigs. So any details you can give is GREATLY appreciated! Thanks Justin for helping us on our journey with permaculture and sustainability ❤️
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Justin doesn’t answer comments, too busy to, which is understandable. But I can say that most farmers that do whole/half shares typically pass the processing price to the customer. If they don’t, they’d be losing a LOT of money (if they don’t increase prices). Hope that helped a little 👍🏾
Typically the buyer covers the kill fee and all processing. You'll get a cut sheet where you pick how you want it butchered and on pickup you pay the butcher for their service. Selling individual packs is generally only for USDA inspected product, which is why they sell on the hoof; you're essentially paying them to raise your animal for you. "Custom" butchers which are more common usually handle these types of orders. Same people that process deer during hunting season. These facilities are up to date and inspected but do not have a USDA official on site for each slaughter. If you want to sell individual cuts at a farmers market, at least in our state you have to go that route. This is why they meat marked from a custom butcher is marked "not for resale"
@@jimmytoucan5699why not just sell directly to a packer; can you do that with pigs? I'm sure you'll get a little less, but it might be worth it so you don't have to hassle with marketing directly to consumers.
keep them boys busy and learning how to provide for themselfs
So awesome for you all.
Nice looking pigs you got there!
To keep the hose on top of the barrel from kinking wrap it in a swimming pool noodle.
Good job!
if you have any water souces wihtin 2 to 300 yards you can run a ram puimp
Good job again showing how to raise pigs, I love pigs, use to raise my own , Now with down size no pigs allowed/
that poor kid in the backpack really rides around like on a bucking bronco when justin bends over to pick stuff up hahaha
Hi from Rutherfordton! I need to get some pigs!!!
Hey Neighbor. We are near Shelby.
Your pigs are healthy and robust.
I would love to come see your farm
Thanks for the video! We really want to start forest pigs! We want to do grain free, though, so I’m wondering if we would need
ore than one acre and also won’t do that many pigs. Moving every week- 12 paddocks but like three months …. help me understand that math! 😂😊 Thank you!
You all should learn something about justin charging 2k for a pig,when I can buy one for 300.but I know it wasn't raised by the master Justin the author how to thousands off of you the subscribers.
Right, but his prices are a greater reflect of the pigs actual worth 🤷🏾♂️ Most of these $300 sellers aren’t businessmen and will be slow to make money from their farm for most their life 🤷🏾♂️
have you thought about bee's for honey and to help the garden. there a hand free hive you can get.
Love the piggies❤️
Farm life is the best🙏
$14 per pound? We get about $1.50-$2 a pound in southern MN. I just got my beef for the year. $2.42 per pound hang weight. $3.33 per pound processed including steaks, grind and roasts. I hope this information helps clear the air. These prices are not realistic. Most people will not buy $14 per pound pork.
100%
If you're a famous RUclipsr like Justin or Joel and close enough to bougie areas you can...
This man lives in Hipsterville NC. These clowns will buy anything that has "organic" anywhere near the label.
I live in yuppy New York and you can get wild caught salmon for $14 a pound.
I live in tje PNW inflated to the max... This is Justin making profits off his name and YT channel.. How many interns did he get to come out as he was building this to help him?? Andnthis is hownhe gives back. I stopped following him a couple years ago when I saw he wasnt about the people....
Good work! Please tell your lovely wife that I love her shorter bouncy hair, and that she is looking at least 10 years younger! Good show!
I like the farmer markets that’s where I get my pig me Utah
So what fence from premier one are you using because there is a few options for pig netting? And is it just one net per section? Also what energizer are you using.
How many months did it take for the little piggies to be big pigs? Setting goals for our place. Closing on Tuesday!
Those “type” of pigs are probably 8 months old. They’re like a Berkshire mix. Lard breeds would take much longer tho.
For an ideal set up I was thinking of having paddocks for sows then once the piglets been ween then have paddocks for the feeder hogs. What sows per acre and feeder hogs per acre do you suggest in a climate that pretty much never snows. Or is it ideal to start small and then adjust the amount of hogs depending on hog travel on the paddocks?
2 wks in and Im going why did I buy pigs? Love them - just worried about having enough for them
20k off 10 pigs seems way high from what I have seen
And you’d be right 👌🏾
@@PorkRhyne @floreypottery what’s a reasonable profit for 10 pigs?
@@jordang2869 Good question! So for profit, I’ll just stick to “gross profit” and say about UNDER $1,500 per pig in North Carolina. That’s assuming the farmer got back 150lbs of retail cuts per pig at an average sell of $9/lb. “Net profit” is trickery because everyone’s expenses are very different, so I’m not gonna give a number for that. So under $14,000 of gross profit for a group of 10 in North Carolina. Every state is different tho. Let me know if that helped.
@@PorkRhyne yeah but he has organic free-range pigs and the marketing of his RUclips channel which I am willing to bet means he can raise his rates a bit
@@thatonedog819 Right! In another comment thread I mentioned what you said. Overall, his example isn’t realistic for most. Even when he invited me over and he asked me about his pricing, he didn’t realize just how much higher his prices were 🤷🏾♂️ So, step one is to be famous 😂
Can you please let me know exactly what kind of feeder this was you bought with the pigs. The owner said something about it being able to dispense either automatically or by portion, but I can't find it online. I'd certainly appreciate it.
Could you give me the details of the spring water collection system?
So awesome 👌
I am learning so much from you and would never ever consider traditional farming again
I've never seen pig water run on a tube like that, you have a link to what you used?
So...a Micro-test of Joe Salatin...cool.
Great job
... ripping people off with those prices, sure...
Beautiful
That Karate kid move! 🤣😂🤣😂
what were your costs associated with raising those pigs? how much did the feed cost you? how much profit did that 19k net?
Brother, that answer will probably never come. Remember, this is an entertainment first, education second channel. You can watch videos from Red Tool House channel and he does an excellent job with cost breakdown!
What is the exact name of the Kawasaki 4x4 drive vehicule that you use driving in the forest? Thanks mate
This is a great explanation of what is going on here with the high prices from homesteaders and Farmer’s Markets. I am quoting here from someone else.
“The target demographic of farmers
markets are people who like to think of
themselves as hip and cool, and have
the money to perpetuate that illusion.
Farmer's markets are not about
affordable food; they're about cool
food, and they market themselves that way.”
I agree. I live in what has become an expensive place to live. Our farmers markets are very expensive. I get so envious when I hear people getting bushels of tomatoes or onions, etc. I have to drive over an hour away or more to another state to get a break. We will be doing that next week. They can be fun with cookies, ice cream, food trucks and novelties but there are no bargains to be found. Most of the farmers make the drive to Manhattan where they can really make money, very high priced.
It depends on where and what your farmers market actually is. Although half the stalls are arts and crafts for me locally, there are several farms that have meat and veggies close to supermarket prices. I don't mind paying an extra $2lb for beef if it directly supports local people.
I gave a down thumb. youtube will not acknowledge that these days. I see people at farmers market who don't know how, or live where there is not an option to grow all their food. Also, why hate a person who is making money and taking care of the family life, by selling at the FM. Mass produced food now taste like ass to me. GETUSOMEREALFOOD!
Hate that the previous owners had to sell out. Maybe you could help promote your neighbor's farm products online too. You could start a local community of productive farmers. I've found marketing to be WAY more difficult than raising. I'm about to scale back to just what my family eats, because selling is not in my skill sets or time allotment.
Very cool. I don't eat pork . But sure could sell it
You guys don’t know how lucky you are in the states. Here in my country there are laws and regulations and regulations how to follow said regulations galore. It’s wild! Sometimes I feel like I am happy to be allowed to breathe the way I want 🤯
Are you ever going to smoke your own ham ? You have enough wood kinds to give them a certain texture ?
Sorry if I annoyed y’all last week. I was so happy to find the farm. I was nervous to come but I seen your old CSA ad online and it said come on out so out I went.
It was so cool seeing the set up from the road. Too bad your not more like Joel Salatin but I do love and appreciate what you’ve done for this community.
I get you have your family though.
I want some bacon, sausage and roasts! But I'm in Oregon. Shipping would be prohibitive!
you would pay $14 a pound ??
I'm getting a whole pig next month for 600. 6000 for 5 pigs sounds really high. But good for you if you can do that
WoW nearly a thousand dollars for half a pig???? Only £200 in the UK organic woodland pigs. Pay to ship and its still less than half that.
Where can I get one of those red tank you are using for water????????
Oh Justin, how long can you freeze meat before it goes off?
Yummy!
Ok. I understand how frustrating it is to have farm animals get out😱. Could you not secure the waterer to a tree with straps somehow. You are a cleaver man I know you can do it.
Probably a taller, smaller squared electric netting...may make a positive difference 🤗
How much did you spend to make 19600? What was the bring home amount?
How much did it cost to buy the pigs?
Organic 30kg weaners in the UK are about £50
Wow
Justin just leisurely handling electronet with a baby on his back. I get tangled and tripped up and tied up like a fool every. single. time.....
Looks more than one acre. How much land you got. I've to have mini farm 🚜
This is great! As a newbie to pasture raised animals it’s nice to know 10 pigs can fit on one acre. I would have assumed more space would be needed. I have a question, do you have electric netting surrounding the entire one acre perimeter or do you work with 2 electric nets when rotating? I’m trying to figure the investment for fencing and materials needed to get start a setup like this. Not including price of pigs of course. Keep up the great work!
I’m sorry but with questions like those you should probably look into joining Abundance+ (for a low low price of $14.95) because otherwise your favorite farmer/homesteader/businessman Justin makes $0 when providing your with a response. You know he is your favorite teacher and community supporter but not for free…
Hi mate, I run a few pigs. We have them free ranging on our land. I was shocked (🤣) how easy it was to train our pigs with electric fencing. Initially when young we had some strong fence to hold them in a space. We then set up a single strand of electric tape. The pigs got a few shocks. Now they never try to get out. This could be due to the fact they are never hungry or thirsty. I had many pigs years ago and they often got out and were a nightmare. I think on hindsight they were looking for more food. We actually don’t give our pigs hardly any grain at all. But we have an abundant supply of free sweet Patatoe seconds. Also we have left over pumpkins etc from what we grow onsite.
One thing if you haven’t had pigs is just remember this, they eat an incredible amount of food. Most people have no clue about this. My pigs average about 12kgs of sweet potatoes per pig a day. 200 grams of pig pallets, plus they are completely free range on acerage. Plus they usually get about 1kg of extra treats a day , pumpkins, whey or something else.
Collin,
I know lots of folks who have a couple of pigs in a very small area (think 32x32 and some are even smaller). They usually have limited space or they are trying to just prep an area for a garden.
10 acres gives you plenty of space for all kinds of options. The pigs are happy, but I like giving more area. An acre is huge if you are just doing a few for the family and a couple of friends. You could divide it into really small paddocks and leave them for a shorter time or make the area larger and not have to move them as often.
My land is 10 acres as well and has 6 wire perimeter electric fence on about 4 very wooded acres. I have it divided by 3 wire electric. When I need to move paddocks I just remove an alligator clip from the perimeter fence to the cross fence. The perimeter stays hot and the cross fences are only hot when I need them. 12.5 gauge wire is pretty inexpensive and I can throw up a cross fence in no time if needed or just use poly braid. The wire is nice because it lasts so long and I don’t really move cross fence once it’s up unless I have too. I try to rest each paddock long enough to keep it wooded and a little brushy.
The only reason I do a 3 wire cross fence is my piece of mind when I run different animals on there (goats, sheep, vertically challenged cows soon 😂, and of course pigs).
Pigs are super smart and once trained, don’t really test the fence. Pigs are easy and if you spend time with them, they are awesome to handle. I would only consider pigs that are large enough and weaned on the rotation. Moms and piglets stay on a smaller confined area with hog panel. This is great because you can train them to electric fence in their area when you get ready to move them out.
I have 3 goats and 2 Painted Desert Sheep on an acre and they are moved all the time. Once they have been on it for a bit, I move them over to another acre and do the same.
I put in the fence I could afford to start and I love it. The net fence from Premier 1 looks and works great, but it’s expensive for much of it. Just spend a little extra on a good energizer and you are set.
Its much better to subdivide as much as you can, for too many reasons to get into here. Even doing 4 big sections and moving every 10 days is great (30 days of rest kills the parasites)
@@pinecone76 haha your response was so perfect!!! These farm youtubers make all this money on videos & portray such an unrealistic image of farming. Then they want to suck a more & more $ out of their scammed viewers.
I raise pigs and breed them in Australia we would not be able to do that if a pig is killed on the property it has to stay on the property you cannot sell any of it but you can sell it live I'm somebody else slaughters it I don't mind because it only cost $80 to slaughter a pig and have it cut up
I’ve raised pigs and no way are they worth that.
Hmmm... is Jonah driving the side-by- side? Josiah?
I don't know how you can get people to pay those prices. We raise and sell pigs 1.90 a pound hanging is the best we can get for it. Then the customer pays the processing