tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2788586492494046840.post7131542624954445078..comments2022-04-27T18:32:09.124-07:00Comments on Rosemont Century Farm: Just hamming it up at the farmRosemont Century Farmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01120374208905191800noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2788586492494046840.post-78361958064208480362009-07-07T15:21:29.245-07:002009-07-07T15:21:29.245-07:00so i just realized you had a blog, sweet. now i c...so i just realized you had a blog, sweet. now i can have some more farm envy.<br /><br />i love the goat pics, they are my very favorite. too sweet.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2788586492494046840.post-20342040331136099812009-05-31T05:15:44.826-07:002009-05-31T05:15:44.826-07:00Over on my Sugar Mountain Farm blog on the 800 lbs...Over on my <A HREF="http://SugarMtnFarm.com/blog" REL="nofollow">Sugar Mountain Farm</A> blog on the <A HREF="http://sugarmtnfarm.com/blog/2009/05/800-lbs-of-butter-30000-lbs-of-cheese.html" REL="nofollow">800 lbs of Butter</A> post you asked about pig diets.<br /><br />You can do very well without soy. I have raised three different batches of pigs that were fed entirely pasture. Pasture is low on calories so they are lean and they grow slower (8 months or so to market weight) due to the pasture protein limits on lysine. Adding dairy gives the pigs lysine and with some types of dairy will give them calories too.<br /><br />Pasture/hay make up over 90% of our pigs' diet. Dairy makes up about 7% more. The last 3% is a mix of vegetables we grow like turnips, beets, pumpkins, sunflowers and such as well as apple pomace, peanut butter, bread and other good things as available. A variety of other foods is god if you have them to expand their diet.<br /><br />See this <A HREF="http://www.google.com/search?&q=site%3Asugarmtnfarm.com+feeding" REL="nofollow">list of articles</A> for more on feeding.<br /><br />Cheers<br /><br />-Walter<br />Sugar Mountain Farm<br />in the mountains of Vermont<br />http://SugarMtnFarm.com/blog/<br />http://HollyGraphicArt.com/<br />http://NoNAIS.orgWalter Jeffrieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12720110642967540506noreply@blogger.com