Porcine Farms LLC

03/24/2026

The meat locker moved our date back a week---so you can still get in. Just a few spots left!

Butcher hogs for sale this week only!

We are delivering a load to Elmwood Locker in Elmwood, IL next week, and have a few more spots on the load.

$230 for a 280+ pound butcher hog
$130 for half of a 280+ pound buthcer hog
Buyers are responsible to pay the butcher for all procesing fees.

Call Mark at 309.3three5.9920 for questions and ordering.

Thank you!

03/18/2026

Butcher hogs for sale this week only!

We are delivering a load to Elmwood Locker in Elmwood, IL next week, and have a few more spots on the load.

$230 for a 280+ pound butcher hog
$130 for half of a 280+ pound buthcer hog
Buyers are responsible to pay the butcher for all procesing fees.

Call Mark at 309.3three5.9920 for questions and ordering.

Thank you!

02/25/2026

UPDATE: Josh Maschhoff, current past president of the Illinois Pork Producers Association, is traveling to Chicago on Thursday, Feb. 26 to address the Chicago Public Schools Board of Education. He will be calling for a formal review of the district’s pork prohibition impacting 630 schools that currently cannot serve pork at breakfast or lunch.

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A quiet COVID-era policy removed pork from the schools' menus. Now, the Illinois Pork Producers Association is fighting to restore this culturally relevant, nutrient-dense protein for 325,000 students.

02/18/2026

Woops?

A quiet COVID-era policy removed pork from the schools' menus. Now, the Illinois Pork Producers Association is fighting to restore this culturally relevant, nutrient-dense protein for 325,000 students.

01/23/2026

Guess we better start saving more for retirement if we're going to be living longer!

Adding lean pork to your diet could help you live longer, with minimally processed cuts boasting the same health benefits as chickpeas, lentils and beans, scientists say.

09/22/2025

Are you a parent? You may want to share this quality, free resource with your child's teacher. Sounds like fun!

There's A Pig in My Classroom!
Illinois Pork Producers have partnered with the Leap Foundation to offer Illinois 3rd-6th grade classrooms a free virtual visit to a pig farm. The class will be October 29, 2025, and there will be three different times you can pick that best fit your class schedule.
Register: https://bit.ly/4mhsylT

09/22/2025

https://www.porkbusiness.com/ag-policy/size-doesnt-matter-state-patchwork-sow-housing-laws-hurts-all-farmers?utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9r5vas5LJS_2xlnTXu-etSUcISP346agvbEnshmFXHoWE6lM5Zs2Fs5P0N6WFznL5qeugjrmlNKfmWeSaNTgfLHx9Zjw&_hsmi=381411607&utm_content=381411607&utm_source=hs_email

Extraterritoriality, specifically addressed by the country's founders in the U.S. Constitution, is driving up costs for farmers and prices for consumers, NPPC says.

08/29/2025

https://nypost.com/2025/08/27/health/eating-meat-not-linked-to-higher-risk-of-death-and-may-even-protect-against-cancer-related-mortality-study/

Eating more meat could be beneficial for the body, a new study suggests.

07/03/2025

It’s a beautiful day for Wheat Harvest 2025!

05/21/2025

Taste what pork can do!

05/06/2025

With sausage and bacon and honey ham and loin chops and baby back ribs... is anyone surprised?

Although chicken is the animal protein of choice for many Americans, on the global scale, another meat is consumed in far greater quantities.