This website lists the official USDA grades and standards for feeder pigs. It is useful to compare the pigs you raise with the standards. You can use this information for improving your herd or marketing your hogs.
What's the price of hogs? This USDA Agriculture Marketing Service website has wholesale prices of hogs from many areas across the US. Use these as a guide to buying hogs in Oregon.
Hog carcass grades for quality and yield can help you know what to expect after slaughter. Information can be used to estimate pork quantity and eating quality.
The Niche Meat Processor Assistance Network (NMPAN) is a national community of practice of people and organizations helping small meat processors thrive, and growing our shared wealth of information and innovation.
Rebecca Thistlethwaite |
May 2020 |
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