"Come on pig, pig, pig, pig, pigs," Amanda Hand called on a recent Wednesday morning. From across the grassy pasture, snorts and squeals from 21 Kunekune pigs erupted. They ran through the tall grass ...

Joel Salatin at his farm where he rotates herds from field to field, where the fare includes porcine treats like acorns and black walnuts near Swoope, Va., Oct. 8, 2013. Salatin is the high priest of ...

With profit margins razor thin, one of the hottest trends among small farmers these days is diversification; adding new crops or livestock to their existing operations. The practice helps to generate ...

If anything is worse than a pasture rooted up by feral hogs, it’s a pasture that dries and hardens after hogs leave damaged areas the size of tractor tires. Freddie Leroux’s damaged pastures need to ...

Much of Brandon Huisman’s small hog operation is typical of how the animal was raised in the 1950s and 60s, when sows were farrowed in small, A-shaped hog houses located in pastures. It’s the way he ...

NATURAL BRIDGE, Va. (WFXR) — “This little piggy went to the market…..” With profit margins razor thin, one of the hottest trends among small farmers these days is diversification; adding new crops or ...