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PASTURE ESTABLISHMENT, DESIGN, AND MANAGEMENT FOR OUTDOOR
HOG PRODUCTION*
Thursday, August 28, 2008 9am - 4pm
Center for Environmental Farming Systems, Goldsboro, North
Carolina
*Take advantage of this informative workshop and learn how
to keep your pigs on pasture for the health of your pigs and
for the benefit of the environment through sustainable
farming practices.
9/4/08
Just returned from the seminar on pasture for pigs in
Goldsboro, North Carolina. A special thanks to Lee Menius
and Jim Green for providing us with an abundance of useful
information. We were shuttled by bus to the "study" pastures
and observed the various effects that differing numbers of
pigs per acre had on the grasses and soil (simulated by
varying sizes of pastures holding five pigs each). The
previous study pastures were also visited to observe the
level of re-growth and record which plant life recovered
most quickly and abundantly. The classroom portion was
informative and added to the knowledge and tools which I
gained and will apply to the design and establishing of a
pasture for the kunes. We had a wonderful lunch, southern
style, shared with kind folks and spent some time making new
friends. Thank you, Lisa, for all of your help with
directions and tips on how to handle that crazy humidity!
ANNOUNCEMENT: KUNEKUNE DISPLAY
Los Angeles County Fair, Pomona, California
September 9 through 28, 2008
We will have on display for educational purposes our
handsome breeding boar, Winston, and our beautiful sow,
Carrington, along with 1 year old Loretta (gilt), and two
boar piglets, Gunny and Ruger. These purebred, registered
kunekunes exhibit gorgeous colors of ginger and black, brown
and white, and black and white marbled. Our mature pigs have
our signature "teddy bear heads" and short, up-turned
snouts. As the kunes grow and develop, their snouts
increasingly turn upward resulting in this very unusual
characteristic much like the now extinct Small White Pig. We
invite you to come experience these very rare and unusual
pigs in person.
ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION COURSE*
December 4-5, 2008 11am - 7pm & 8am - noon
Southern Research and Outreach Center, Waseca, Minnesota
*Want to learn how to do A.I.? Prepare for your upcoming
breeding program by taking a course this winter.
FARROWING COURSE*
April 9 & 10, 2009
Southern Research and Outreach Center, Waseca, Minnesota
*A must for anyone breeding their kunekune pigs. Get
valuable info from this hands-on course. Attend an informal
meeting of the American KuneKune Breeders' Association with
us.
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