Homestead Hog and Beef Farms

Making more cow chow. Takes alot of acres to keep everything fed. #cowchow #keepitfed #grassfed

Drilling sorgrum Sudan grass #kubotatractor #esch #cowchow #pigfeed #

Grinding feed for the hogs before the storm hits. We want to make sure we have plenty of feed for them on hand. #grindingfeed #Artsway #hogs #pork #nongmo

Since we can't graze right now we take the feed to the cows. #pasture #pastureraisedbeef #anguscattle #murraygreycattle

Giving some extra bedding to the oinkers. #pork #keepthemfedkeepthemhappy #pigs

Drilling on triticale seed. #notill #triticale #feedforpigs #conservation #

Wrapping feed for winter. This will help feed our beef brood cows herd this winter. #beef #kubota #wrapping. #beefgottaeat

Piggies out enjoying a walk. #pasturepork #pastureraised #pasturepigs #hereford

Finished chopping now onto baling balage. This is first cutting clover that we will use to feed our cattle and hogs this winter. It's baled then wrapped to ensile. #feedthebeef #feedingpiggies #clover #newholland #kubota #pork #beef.

Chopping haylage before the rain that never came. This will be used to feed our cattle and hogs this winter #clover #goodfeed #kubota #newholland #790 #gehl

Look at all that's piggies. Group lactation. #pork #gmofree #greatmomma #grouplactation #notsurewhosepigsarewhose

Piggers

Our pigs seem to like the snow. #snowstorm #pigsratherbeoutside #pork #pastureraised #pasturepigs #snow #happypigs

Keeping the piggers fed on this beautiful winter day. #piggies #pigfeed #pigchow #nongmo #artway #smidely #greatfeeders #winter #pork

Even in winter they find dirt to dig up. #pastureraised #pasturepigs #pasturepork #winter #pork #snow

Pigs love sorgrum Sudan grass. Started feeding it to the pigs tonight. The sorgrum Sudan grass is baled at about 65% moisture and wrapped to ferment. This is then fed to the cattle and pigs over the winter. #feed #sorgrumsudangrass #pork #beef #bringthepasturetothepigs #grasseveninwinter #pasturepork #meatquality #makeourownfeed #meatraisedright

We don't buy feed for our hogs. We grow it. It's planted, harvested and ground for feed by us. This is done to provide our pigs with the best feed possible but also so we know exactly what is fed to our animals. In order to get the feed rations exact we use scales. This way we can get the hog rations exact. #goodfeedequalshappyhogs #artsway #gmofreecorn #gmofreefeed #meatquality

Just keeping the pigs fed with gmo free feed. In case you are new to following us we grow our own feed for the pigs as well as grind our own feed rations for them. Each ration is a little different to ensure that particular group of pigs gets exactly what they need. #gmofreecorn #gmofree #pigfeed #growourownfeed #7daysaweek

First for us. Planting triticale Into sorgrum Sudan grass that was killed by the frost. We are trying this to utilize our ground to the best of our ability. The sorghum Sudan was no till planted back in June July and now we are no tilling in the triticale. This will be spring feed for our livestock. #notill #esch #johndeere #triticale #tryingnewthings #feedforouranimals #growourfeed

Bringing the cows home. We bring our main herd down everyday in the fall to separate off the steers that were grazing all summer. After all the animals are sorted off just the momma cows will return to this pasture and go on winter grazing. We do this to give the momma cows a break before 2021 calving starts. They deserve some time to themselves. #pastureraised #bringingthecowshome #beefitswhatsfordinner #meatraisedright #sorryforwhatisaidsortingcows #metimeforthemommacows

The best thing for mixing feed. A scale. When mixing our hog feeds we can add different ingredients and know exactly how much we are adding of each. It really makes a difference with keeping our rations balanced. #exactrations #pigfeed #gmofreecorn #gmofree #goodmeat #scales #artsway

Since the pasture is about gone for the year I have started feeding silage bales to the pigs. This is a bale of triticale. We feed this when the grass in the pasture is in dormancy. That way our pigs get to forage all year long. #silagebales #pigslovesilage #bringthepasturetothepigs #grass #pigs #happypigs

Mowing what's left of the sorghum Sudan grass this week. Give it a little time to dry then I'll roll it up and wrap it. Makes great feed. #beefgottaeat #sorgrumsudangrass #jd4995 #greatstuff #beefitswhatsfordinner

Bag #2. This will help keep our animals fed this winter. #cornsilage2020 #greatstuff #gmofreecorn #goodmeat #knowyourfarmer #knowwhereyourfoodcomesfrom

Packing away the silage. This bagger likes to eat. #cornsilage2020 #cowchow #feedforouranimals #johndeere4320 #oldiebutgoodie

It's RAINING. Just might be what we need for the corn to fill out the ears. #rain #anybithelps #cornforfeed #blessings #gmofreecorn #feedforouranimals

Pasture raised pigs. Lots of room to roam. Lots of forage. Lots of dirt to year up. Happy pigs. #happypigs #pasturepigs #pasturepork #grassisgood #clover #dirtisgoodto

Dinner and a view. Our pigs have access to pasture but also have free choice gmo free feed to help keep their diets balanced. We do this so they can receive all the minerals they need that the pasture can't provide. #pastureraised #pasturepigs #gmofreecorn #gmofree #greatstuff #greatview