Pastured Pork Day

Pastured Pork Day
Saturday, April 28, 2012
8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Thinking about raising pigs outdoors? Will they ruin your pastures? Will they escape? How will you get them in the trailer on butchering day? What should you feed? Should you buy piglets, or breed a sow? Where do you find information that’s not geared to modern-day confinement hog operations?

Join us for PASTURED PORK DAY, as a panel of pastured pork producers and a nutritionist share their experience. We are delighted to welcome Jeff Mattocks from Fertrell Co., John and Todd Hopkins from Forks Farm, and Lynn Garling from Over The Moon Farm.
Here are the highlights of the agenda:

8:00 a.m. Registration, Coffee "Let Me Tell You About My Pastured Pigs" Introductions and overviews of Guest Speakers' farms Tour Owens Farm--Pastured Tamworths ***Covered Dish Lunch*** All Natural Swine Nutrition: Jeff Mattocks, Fertrell Day to Day Life With Pigs: Panel Discussion, Q&A Fencing Feeding Grazing Farrowing Human Safety Water Winter Health Shelter Breeds Transportation The Worst Problems I Ever Had Was... 4:00 p.m. AdjournPrint Full Agenda PDFPicture 122Meet Our Guest Speakers (Guest Swineherds???)

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Program fee $45 for first attendee in the family, $40 for second. Kids under 12 free. 
Teens welcome! Preregistration required for planning purposes.

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Traveling long distance? We can accomodate one family or group overnight.