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Hello Doug Ward, I saw your post in the Walmart thread about taking some pork to your butcher.
I sure would enjoy hearing about all the in’s and out’s of raising and butchering a Hog in CR.
And CostaRicaFinca? How about you as well and anyone else as well.
Thanks
[quote=”Versatile”]Hello Doug Ward, I saw your post in the Walmart thread about taking some pork to your butcher.
I sure would enjoy hearing about all the in’s and out’s of raising and butchering a Hog in CR.
And CostaRicaFinca? How about you as well and anyone else as well.
Thanks[/quote]
My family raised hogs for the table in the 1950’s through the 1970’s.
Best way to raise them is “free range” for good lean pork. We fed them a feed mix from the local feed store (AgroCentro) as well as table scraps (no animal waste) and let them run on about 1/2 acre where they can root for plants and roots to eat.
We are looking into talking to the local hog farmer about purchasing and raising a couple of piglets at a time. We also have a local friend who will do the slaughtering and then we will butcher in house.
I don’t think there there is a lot of savings but the meat is much better and you know what you are eating.
i’d be sure to check the ingredients in that commercial feed. no doubt it has gmo’s and maybe even antibiotics of some sort. the pigs are finca luna wander freely and are feed from our kitchen — all the vegetable scraps and fruit, and then they forage freely. they are fat as pigs and healthy, too. they are also good tillers. i’d raise them as organically as possible, otherwise what’s the point??
You can find the Spanish website for the non-profit [url=http://caporc.com/]Cámara Costarricense de Porcicultores here[/url].
According to the Spanish website [url=http://agronegocioscr.com/noticias/agronoticias/porcicultoresdejarianactividadesteanoencostarica]AgroNegociosCR.com[/url] the 6,500 pig breeders in Costa Rica slaughter about 50,000 pigs per month here…
Hope that helps a little …
Scott
[quote=”Scott”] According to the Spanish website [url=http://agronegocioscr.com/noticias/agronoticias/porcicultoresdejarianactividadesteanoencostarica]AgroNegociosCR.com[/url] the 6,500 pig breeders in Costa Rica slaughter about 50,000 pigs per month here… [/quote]
That figures to less than 8 pigs per month per breeder. Doesn’t seem like a business that would pay much.
I’m not sure just what qualifies as a “pig breeder” in Costa Rica, but you can bet that, if there are 6,500 of them, most don’t breed a pig every six months.
In the past, we haven’t ‘raised a hog’. But, it has something we have been talking about, sometime in the future.:roll:
We moved from the large farm and are considering a small one.Meanwhile, as I type this post, hubby is trying to find where 3 cows have entered into our garden …. and then try to persuade them to leave. They may have to go through the front gate…
With the dogs barking at them and the monkeys in the trees above where the cows are, it is not so [i]tranquil esta manana[/i] Did I mention that there is no water…:roll:[quote=”costaricafinca”]Meanwhile, as I type this post, hubby is trying to find where 3 cows have entered into our garden …. and then try to persuade them to leave. They may have to go through the front gate…
With the dogs barking at them and the monkeys in the trees above where the cows are, it is not so [i]tranquil esta manana[/i] Did I mention that there is no water…:roll:[/quote]I’ll trade you. Hot Hot Hot 102 today and going up and no water, crops burnt up. Noisy traffic, steaming concrete. Highway construction, long lines of traffic. Mass shooters running around. On second thought i couldn’t do that too you!
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