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California Heritage Farms Pasture raise heritage pork free of GMOs, antibiotics, and unnatural hormones. We are stewards of the land.

We work hard to maintain harmony between the dirt under our boots, the animals that sustain us, and a lifestyle we feel proud of. We believe that great food doesn't start in the kitchen. Great food starts with warm sunshine, green grass, and clean water, then curated by the farmer who feeds the animal, nurtures the land, and harvests the bounty. When food is raised as nature intended, a great meal is sure to follow.

10/23/2026

I’ve been storing my vitamins and minerals in a Conex container, but it gets super hot in there. Heat is one of the biggest things that breaks vitamins down, even with no direct sun on them, and a steel container sitting in the sun can get well past the outside temperature.

So I’m going to switch my route. In the summer, I’ll hold them in a shaded barn. Then in the spring, fall, and winter, I’ll bring them back to the container to keep them protected from moisture.

10/22/2026

Thank you Casey, and the Hog will root community!!!

10/21/2026

Tonight’s the night, everyone! We’re speaking with Casey Neill on swine nutrition. Just a reminder, 5 PM Pacific standard time, Wednesday the 21st. That’s today, folks. If you haven’t signed up, now is your chance. Go to hogwillroot.com and we’ll get you on the call tonight.

Continue educating yourself within the industry you work in. You can never have enough knowledge, and it never hurts to build and grow community and strengthen the industry we work in.

I’ve got the next seven months lined up, and I’ll be showing you the topics we’ll be discussing as time moves forward. So excited this program has finally launched!

10/21/2026

I’m working on my feed truck. When the boom picks up off the saddle, it swings freely to the left, but it won’t respond when I move the valve. Once it’s done free floating to the left, I can move the boom further left with the valve, but it won’t move right to pull back up into the saddle. All the other valves work.

I replaced a spool and that didn’t fix it. So I’m asking for help. Is it the valve body? Is it the motor that runs the gearbox to swing the boom left and right? If you have any advice or experience with hydraulics, let me know.

10/20/2026

We’re excited for this one. Wednesday, Oct 21st at 5pm PST, we finally get to hear from Casey Neill with Carthage Veterinary Service on swine nutrition.

Casey is breaking down the big three: vitamins, minerals, and amino acids as one group, protein as another, and energy source as the third. He’ll also cover what it looks like when your pigs aren’t getting the right nutrition.

Casey has a master’s in swine nutrition from Kansas State and 21 years in the field. Can’t wait to learn from him with this group.

If you haven’t signed up for Hog Will Root yet, head to hogwillroot.com. There are massive amounts of information and knowledge to be learned.

10/16/2026

Every pig needs three things from its feed. Energy, protein and amino acids, and vitamins and minerals.

Energy is what fuels growth, and ours mostly comes from wheat. Protein and amino acids build muscle. Lysine is the one that usually runs short, so we add it. Vitamins and minerals come from our base mix, and that keeps the pigs healthy and growing right.

If one of the three is off, you’ll see it in how the pigs grow and how they look.

Casey Neill is walking us through all of this on our Oct 21st call at 5pm PST. hogwillroot.com

10/16/2026

It was suggested to me that I clean out the dust exhaust before I start grinding feed. Here is what it looks like! Crazy how much dust collects, even though the exhaust runs the whole time feed is being made.

10/14/2026

When I first started, I used artificial insemination on the sow herd. Then I found out what happens when the semen doesn’t arrive on time, or arrives warm, or Covid hits and shipping goes haywire. I didn’t have semen on hand to cover sows when they needed it. So I switched to boars.

I really like running boars. They cover the sows at the exact time the sows ask to be bred. The downside is I have to house a bunch of boars, and buying new ones is getting extremely expensive. Shipping them from the Midwest to California costs a lot.

Right now I run boars and don’t AI, but I’m looking into AI on some sows for gilt replacement.

10/13/2026

My brother and I sell hay to horse people, and I learned this method from delivering to them. It’s very handy, especially when you’re stacking hay inside old homes.

There was a place we used to sell hay to that used old homes as hay storage. We’d stack the bedrooms and kitchens full of hay. Imagine what the original owner of the home would have thought.

10/11/2026

The less equipment you run, the fewer problems you’ll have.

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