Hog Composting ?

[Stocker Steve]

Local sales barns seem to be reaching a saturation point. Lots of stories going around about how to dispose of 280# butcher hogs. They were rendering them initially, but there is not nearly enough capacity. Now they are experimenting with putting them into chippers, and mixing with wood chips to get the composting C/N ratio right. Some stories also about putting them into TMRs with round bales... Really sad waste of food.

 

[Aaron]

Local sales barns seem to be reaching a saturation point. Lots of stories going around about how to dispose of 280# butcher hogs. They were rendering them initially, but there is not nearly enough capacity. Now they are experimenting with putting them into chippers, and mixing with wood chips to get the composting C/N ratio right. Some stories also about putting them into TMRs with round bales... Really sad waste of food.

I am assuming your freezer(s) at home are full?

 

[jltrent]

Turn them out and let CB hunt them.

 

[1982vett]

Be a better grade of eating for sure.

 

[Stocker Steve]

Butchered five this week for the family but no additional freezers are available around here. I am told that even ordering them does not seem to work, due to a corona caused parts shortage.

Sales barns had been successfully starting butcher hog prices at $25/cwt. but they broke hard this week.

 

[sstterry]

Turn them out and let CB hunt them.

Then they will be free forever......... :lol2: :lol2: :lol2:

 

[hurleyjd]

Load them up and turn them out in Washington DC with the rest of the hogs

 

[Stocker Steve]

Turn them out and let CB hunt them.

Then they will be free forever......... :lol2: :lol2: :lol2:

Could just turn out the ones with bad legs to make it easier.

 

[sim.-ang.king]

Local sales barns seem to be reaching a saturation point. Lots of stories going around about how to dispose of 280# butcher hogs. They were rendering them initially, but there is not nearly enough capacity. Now they are experimenting with putting them into chippers, and mixing with wood chips to get the composting C/N ratio right. Some stories also about putting them into TMRs with round bales... Really sad waste of food.

That's the only way they depose of pigs at the sow farms now in this area. Actually more biosecure to compost them yourself, then have a rending truck drive on your farm a couple times per week.
Green wood chips work best, mix with deads, pile in a bunker and turn once a month.
You can do it too with any dead cows you have, don't need a vert mixer, just have to wait longer.
Place the dead in a manure pile with a couple bags of wood chip and let it set for 3-4 months. Only be the bigger bones left.

 

[Aaron]

Local sales barns seem to be reaching a saturation point. Lots of stories going around about how to dispose of 280# butcher hogs. They were rendering them initially, but there is not nearly enough capacity. Now they are experimenting with putting them into chippers, and mixing with wood chips to get the composting C/N ratio right. Some stories also about putting them into TMRs with round bales... Really sad waste of food.

That's the only way they depose of pigs at the sow farms now in this area. Actually more biosecure to compost them yourself, then have a rending truck drive on your farm a couple times per week.
Green wood chips work best, mix with deads, pile in a bunker and turn once a month.
You can do it too with any dead cows you have, don't need a vert mixer, just have to wait longer.
Place the dead in a manure pile with a couple bags of wood chip and let it set for 3-4 months. Only be the bigger bones left.

I prefer the "dump in the bush, set snares and catch anything with big teeth" method.

 

[1982vett]

Load them up and turn them out in Washington DC with the rest of the hogs

Haha...good idea. Guess the chicken farmers could send their chickens to feed to the hogs.

 

[Stocker Steve]

Record March pork buying by China. What did they know....