How much can you make with a pig farm? Alluvial farms earned 8K in revenue in 2020—a massive growth from where they started in 2016. We’ll get the owners’ insights into modern pig farming in this video.
Katie Pencke and Matthew McDermott had extensive farming experience before buying Alluvial Farms, but they still had to learn how to raise pigs. They started a small pig farm in 2016 with 10 animals, growing to 120 animals once they’d perfected their technique to raise hogs.
Today, we’ll hear Matthew and Katie’s advice on pig farming for beginners. They’ll talk through their initial costs, what equipment is necessary for indoor pig farming, and how much land you’ll need for outdoor pig farming.
Alluvial farms has their own breeding program, but not all pig farms do. We’ll hear the pros and cons of breeding on site and what it takes to put that infrastructure in place.
Along with pig farming, Alluvial Farms grows feed grain and other crops on their land. We’ll learn the advantages of this diversified approach and what kind of costs and labor that adds.
Along with that, we’ll get the inside scoop on how to start pig farming, including the types of organizations to reach out to for funding and support and what day-to-day life really looks like for a modern farmer.
If you want more info on farming for beginners after watching this video, check out our other video on starting a farm. And if you’re ready to take the plunge, you can buy a farm for sale suitable for raising pigs with these listings. For more info on Alluvial Farms you can head to their website, https://alluvialfarms.com/.
If you want to learn how to start a pig farm completely from scratch, this guide is for you: https://www.upflip.com/blog/how-to-start-a-pig-farm
Want more? Check out the following episode we’ve done on farming:
Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
1:45 Meeting Pig, Grape and Hemp Farmers Matt and Katie
3:08 Initial Investments
4:53 Farm Land Needed
6:10 Feeding and Advertising
7:45 Farm Expenses
9:04 Monthly Farm Budget
11:20 Expected Revenue and Growing Revenue
12:27 Community, Conservation and The Environment
13:22 Sampling The Product and Meat Processing
14:39 Animal Numbers Overview
15:40 Farm Product Breakdown
16:43 Hemp and Grap Industries
18:44 Day To Day Farm Life & Future Expansion Plans
20:51 Farm Equipment
22:03 Farming Revenue Numbers, Finishing and Harvesting
23:44 Growing Certified Organic Grain and Feed
24:42 Detailed Equipment Review
27:41 Farming Skills, Knowledge and Training
29:45 Social Media
31:14 Why Do Small Farms Fail
33:07 Website, Sales, COVID-19 Pandemic, & Custom Shares
34:54 Farming Challenges
36:22 Advice
38:18 Outro
Are you ready to start a pig farm? What questions or worries do you still have? Let’s talk through them in the comments!
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Gorgeus !
I love farming
OK, have to ask…..do you make bacon sausage? Sausage made from bacon.
Awesome video, interview and firsthand experiance from both presenter and farmers. Really informative and really increased my passion for farming.
Smoke weed and raise pigs!
..It’s kind of a lot to ask us to “like”, and subscribe before we have even seen your offering..?!
Wow I love the concept.
This is the answer to factory farming a return to
Small family farms it has so many benefits both to people and animals
after you minus the overhead cost, federal tax, and state tax, and the cost of new equipments or repairs. the $188k/year there's really not much left.
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Couldn’t fathom 45 acres costing half a million dollars, goodness gracious. 2k an acre is expensive here
So much infrastructure. So incredibly difficult as a first gen.
Good industry to start with
Good, Brasil.
Fencing!
I love the drive and ambition you guys have but there is no way I'm going into any debt for any reason. 1/2 a million is beyond brain damage to me. Thank you for being open and honest about this type of business.
i wish i could get that much grant money to help my farm