The Cost of Raising Pigs
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6 жыл бұрынFrom cost to profit, through production, to yield, to sales, on a small scale, today we break down our pig operation by the numbers, the real cost and profits and prices of our pork produced right here on the ranch.
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Join us on our journey as we leave a life in corporate america to come back to Wyoming and help on the family ranch.
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@fragelicious 4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for not holding back. God bless you and your beautiful family.
@craigschofield64 6 жыл бұрын
Your living my dream, I would give my right arm to leave city life behind and go back to my roots unfortunately I am too old and crippled up to make that dream a reality. Leaving rural America as a young man was the biggest mistake of my life.
@Ratlins9 4 жыл бұрын
People like you are salt of the earth. You provide society with one of the most basic necessities for life, food. I hope your long days and hard work serves as a sense of accomplishment for you and your family because it is a noble profession.
@jeanettewaverly2590 6 жыл бұрын
Mike, the day you stop "goin' sideways" on us is the day I stop clicking on your videos! I admire your willingness to show how much you care.
@kaycox5555 6 жыл бұрын
Wow - enlightening....actually, as a city slicker, I never realized what is essentially a small profit (which has to be done with any industry) is made off meats....and then one must consider the emotional factor of dealing with the same animals throughout the same process and all the hard work feeding, caring, cleaning, geez. Thank you.
@debbieedwards5093 4 жыл бұрын
I could listen to you speak and teach for hours.....😊
@briankh1086 4 жыл бұрын
I am so glad your video showed up on my recommended. Great job and a great breakdown. I didn’t grow up on a farm, always wanted to though, but I did grow up in a farming town. Me and my dad would always go to farmers markets, local dairy farms and local slaughter houses to buy all of our food. Had little use for grocery stores, he used to have a saying, “If you can shake the hand that feeds you, you are eating right”, which is the gospel truth. My dad was a chef, and we never had a bad meal, something I still carry with me to this day. I hear people locally complain about the price of fresh local food, and while my answer is rather long, the short of it is, if you think that’s expensive, try paying for the “diseases” you get from eating the garbage out of the grocery store. Thanks Mike, and GOD bless!
@dianneedwards2491 4 жыл бұрын
He was right; your time is worth nothing but the reward is priceless.
@TheCondor300 6 жыл бұрын
A good friend gave me some of his farm raised pork ribs... it was like night and day for quality... meaty and tender. I now will always try to support local farmers for meats, eggs and vegetables.
@cfredlees100 6 жыл бұрын
Hi from costa rica. Our sustainable community and farm is the same sacrifice everyday. Hit me between the eye on this because I just came in from brining our first batch of hams. Decided to go even further from your/ our sales of meat concept. We are busy building a large smokehouse restaurant and butcher shop on farm. Being costa rica we will be providing farm tours and down home pulled pork BBQ with cowboy baked beans. We need the direct sales income not selling to local market live weight. No money in that. But i love to hear from your channel and learn too. Sometimes I get a tear in my eye knowing the struggle we both endure for this lifestyle. Sometime I see it in yours to!!
@djjammindave 5 жыл бұрын
This is such a wonderful video. Presentation, verbiage, imagen, in short, you covered everything flawlessly and with such a mastery, I'm pretty sure your animals appreciate the time being in your homestead. Wish the best to you, and your beautiful family.
@AJGreen-cn8kk 4 жыл бұрын
I'm a bit late to your site, but, so glad I found you. Just went out to the freezer for pork chops for Sunday dinner and looked at them a little differently. As a "city slicker" who gets his food from the grocery store, thanks for putting a human face on what you do for the rest of us.
@warrehivesystem8191 5 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this full farming and profit description.i see it is not easy and numbers are small comparing with other activities,but the pleasure of doing this is priceless
@rummy6015 6 жыл бұрын
Arguably the most informative farming channel on youtube! Keep up the good work!
@brianhubbard7606 6 жыл бұрын
Thank you. The emotions show and that's a good thing. Most people have no idea were or how their food get on the plate.
@DJ-bh1ju 4 жыл бұрын
Finally... a farmer who comes across with some real numbers... The rest of them on KZfaq hint that they don't make much money but none give real numbers. Until you. Thank you.
@chuckallen9778 5 жыл бұрын
Mike, you and your wife are hard working folks and that is what it takes to make it in the ranch life and you will make it if you keep working hard as you do. I was raised as a farmer, actually a custom alfalfa harvester, I know the work required to make a go of it. I wish you well my friend.
@sunw80 4 жыл бұрын
I really appreciate when you make videos talking about your cost and profits.
@jgramsey 6 жыл бұрын
Great breakdown, Mike! Thanks. I think a lot of folks are somewhat amazed at the economics of the ranch and it's great that you explain it all.
@Gabbos 6 жыл бұрын
I love, love, love these economic videos! I enjoy learning about everything ranch related, not just the hard labor stuff. The background stuff is just as important imho and I'm so glad that you're sharing it all!