How To Grow Your Own Pig Food On Pasture

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? 🤷‍♂️

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

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.

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 :)

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

Wow, the information in this video was truly amazing.

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

Thanks for sharing. I love learning anything farm related. Still hoping to have a hobby farm some day.

Thank you for explaining the cattle panel at the end and also thank you for the video!

We at Messy Times use a broadcast spreader just like that on our back forty. It works a treat.

i love the idea about having pigs, i just love animals and spending time with them. We have had ducks, meat chickens.

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

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

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.