Description

Raise pasture pigs in Canada with better planning, stronger winter systems, and more realistic numbers.Canadian Pasture Pig Farming is a practical guide for small farmers, homesteaders, landowners, and direct-market pork producers who want to raise pigs outdoors in Canadian conditions.Pasture pork can work in Canada, but it is not easy money. The grazing season is short, winter water can become a daily battle, processor dates may limit herd size, and feed costs can decide whether a batch of pigs makes money or loses it.This book helps you plan before buying pigs, fencing a field, booking slaughter, or promising pork to customers.Inside, you’ll learn how to: – Decide whether pasture pigs fit your land, climate, budget, and market- Understand Canadian climate zones, frost dates, snow, mud, and freeze-thaw challenges- Choose breeds and crosses for cold-climate pasture production- Set up pasture, soil, forage, sacrifice areas, and rotational paddocks- Build and maintain electric fencing that works for pigs- Plan cold-climate housing, hoop barns, A-frames, insulated shelters, and deep bedding- Keep pigs watered through freeze-prone conditions- Feed pastured pigs with realistic expectations about grain, forage, supplements, and costs- Manage breeding, gestation, farrowing, weaners, growers, and finishers- Handle biosecurity, parasites, health records, veterinary planning, and withdrawal periods- Plan manure management, soil health, and environmental compliance- Book processing, understand cut sheets, and explain freezer pork to customers- Price pastured pork, sell legally, and avoid unsupported marketing claims- Track costs, margins, profitability, and the next stage of growthThis guide is written specifically for Canadian conditions. A farm in southern Ontario does not face the same winter, mud, processor access, feed prices, or customer base as a farm in Saskatchewan, coastal British Columbia, Quebec, Manitoba, Alberta, or the Maritimes.The book includes practical tools such as a Canadian production calendar, breed quick-reference card, feed ration templates, pasture rotation log, pig health record, sow breeding and farrowing record, glossary, regulatory contacts, field examples, and a first 90 days action plan.Canadian Pasture Pig Farming does not promise cheap pork or effortless profit. It gives serious beginners a clearer path to raising pigs outdoors with better welfare, better records, better customer communication, and fewer expensive mistakes.If you want to raise pasture pigs in Canada with a stronger plan before the pigs arrive, this book belongs on your farm shelf. LangueenVersionBrochéDate de sortie initiale15 mai 2026Nombre de pages176

Personnes impliquées

Auteur principal

Farmer’s Library

Editeur principal

Independently Published

Informations sur le fabricant

Nom du fabricantLibri GmbHAdresse électronique du fabricant[email protected]Informations sur le fabricantLes autres informations du fabricant ne sont actuellement pas disponibles

Autres spécifications

Hauteur de l’emballage10 mmHauteur du produit10 mmLargeur d’emballage152 mmLargeur du produit152 mmLongueur d’emballage229 mmLongueur du produit229 mmPoids de l’emballage245 g

EAN

EAN9798197037961

Sécurité des produits

Opérateur économique responsable dans l’UE

Afficher les données

Vous trouverez cet article :

Catégories

Bureau et école

Papeterie

Disponibilité

Disponible à l’adresse suivante

Vient de sortir

Nouvellement publié

Auteur

Farmer’s Library