{"id":2126,"date":"2013-04-25T13:47:27","date_gmt":"2013-04-25T17:47:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/agriculture\/?page_id=2126"},"modified":"2021-05-28T11:11:42","modified_gmt":"2021-05-28T15:11:42","slug":"profile-pasturing-hogs","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/agriculture\/sustainable-agriculture\/profile-pasturing-hogs\/","title":{"rendered":"Pasturing Hogs on Field Peas and Barley"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>SARE GRANT FNE09-674<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-12842 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/agriculture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2021\/05\/SARE-logos-2008-007-1-300x266.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"141\" height=\"125\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/agriculture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2021\/05\/SARE-logos-2008-007-1-300x266.jpg 300w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/agriculture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2021\/05\/SARE-logos-2008-007-1-105x93.jpg 105w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/agriculture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2021\/05\/SARE-logos-2008-007-1-317x281.jpg 317w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/agriculture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2021\/05\/SARE-logos-2008-007-1-423x375.jpg 423w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/agriculture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2021\/05\/SARE-logos-2008-007-1.jpg 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 141px) 100vw, 141px\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Written by Lisa Weiss, <\/em>former<em> UMaine Graduate Student<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>Summary<\/h3>\n<h3><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-2130\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/agriculture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2013\/04\/IMG_0076-250x166.jpg\" alt=\"hogs\" width=\"297\" height=\"197\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/agriculture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2013\/04\/IMG_0076-250x166.jpg 250w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/agriculture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2013\/04\/IMG_0076-250x166-105x70.jpg 105w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 85vw, (max-width: 768px) 67vw, (max-width: 1024px) 62vw,297px\" \/><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>With funding from a SARE Farmer grant, Hanne and Dan Tierney, of Cornerstone Farm, are investigating whether they can improve the profitability and<\/p>\n<p>sustainability of their farm by increasing the amount of home-grown forage in their pigs\u2019 diet. They are comparing weight gain, meat yield, and meat quality of two groups of feeder pigs: one group is being fed a typical all-grain diet while the other group forages on pastures of field pea and barley and<\/p>\n<p>receives 50% less grain. As an added twist, the pigs do the work of a tractor &#8212; sows work up the field in the spring for forage seeding and the feeder pigs do the harvest.<\/p>\n<div class=\"responsive-video\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"NESARE: Forages for Pastured Pork\" width=\"1268\" height=\"713\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Y2qPpcbnwP8?wmode=transparent&amp;rel=0&amp;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>(For information about SARE Farmer Grants, visit the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nesare.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Northeast SARE website<\/a>.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SARE GRANT FNE09-674 Written by Lisa Weiss, former UMaine Graduate Student Summary With funding from a SARE Farmer grant, Hanne and Dan Tierney, of Cornerstone Farm, are investigating whether they can improve the profitability and sustainability of their farm by increasing the amount of home-grown forage in their pigs\u2019 diet. 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