We're learning about pigs as plows as well on our farm here in western
Wisconsin. We have 8 pigs in a movable pen made with hog panels and an older
sow in a pen. It's a lot of work moving those hog panels around every few
days, so next year we're probably not going to raise pigs since we have
other stuff we need to focus on. Unless our sow is pregnant, in which case
we'll give it another go.
You certainly learn a lot about the soil watching pigs root around. We've
had excellent late yields in the gardens that our pigs tilled up for us this
summer. Now I'm trying to figure out how to get these pigs all the way over
to our cabbage and potato patches to plow those under, but they are on
raised beds and a few acres away from where they are. Anybody have any
experience with larger tractor pulled pig tractors?
Here's a blog post about some of our pig experience:
http://ltdfarm.com/?p=1966
Andrew French
LTD Farm
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