New idea

[cottonpicken]

Pigs where always my favorite also except they always turned into pets i swear they would smile at us and when they got out they ended up at the house.

I would double think abou diversifying,maybe makes more sence to do more of one.

Remember hearing canada actually imports sheep and goats not to sure though.

This is all beyond me but maybe you could ship whole carcasses and let them do the butchering just skin and gut yourself.

Maybe Vancouver is better but I would call around. Maybe want to target the Muslim communities and build sort of a long term relation with someone you can trust and someone that trusts you that would take a lot of headache away maybe their shop already would have a reefer and pick up just kickin ideas around like i said i dont have much of a clue.

[Braveheart]

Vancouver is good, other cities as well. But, animals have to be slaughtered in federally inspected plants for interprovincial trade or movement. This is often the barrier for small farms to entering those markets.

[cottonpicken]

I forgot about communist/fascist canadian guidelines. Show me your papers sir you live in the greatest freeiest country on the planet i see you forgot to put on your seatbelt that's going to cost you commrad

[freewheat]

Cotton, Canada imports 55% of the lamb we consume. Goats are even better numbers. I have played with meat goat numbers, and have great land for goats, but can only do so many things at once.

I have a friend who targets the muslims, but they want intact males generally, and on a sheep farm, you need to have room for that. They also are cheap and only pay so much. They now show up un announced at her farm, and she regrets having started dealing with them.

Maybe there would be some who are more trustworthy, but a culture is a culture, and I assume they are generally the same.

Muslims are not on my radar. I want the rich, willing, and able to pay market. Delivered in a box to their doorstep, for stupid money a lb.

People who eat lamb are a different sort. They will cough it up to get their hands on it typically.

I am confident I could make a very good living with our local city folks, and a couple hundred ewes. On our fertile and moist land, that means using 50 acres for pasture, and 40 acres for hay. maybe 10 acres of grain.

100 acres should make a person a very good living, without the weather risk, the market risk, and the massive headaches that come with traditional grain. Heck, with that amount of land your machinery tie up would be so hilariously minimal. A 4020 and a cheap baler and haybine.

As I research the hog side of things, the margin is even more amazing.

I know a guy who raises hogs out on his pastures exclusively, and makes his whole living on less than 70 acres of land.

Your initial thoughts are feasible and doable!

[hobbyfrmr]

If you manage to sell pork to Muslims, I will be the first person to pay for your marketing skill.

[hobbyfrmr]

If you manage to sell pork to Muslims, I will be the first person to pay for your marketing skill.

[freewheat]

You crack me up, hobbs. lol

[Oliver88]

Good ideas Freewheat.

By the way I will match what hobbyfarmer is paying if you can pull off that pork sale. 😂

[Braveheart]

Also with pigs, you won't need guard dogs if ISIS comes.

[hobbyfrmr]

Free wheat can make sales for new Homeland Security Systems. He will have franchises on each coast, contracting annual supply of hogs for the Federal government, he can train border patrol agents how to walk with our cloven hooved little soldiers with them on inspections.
Every port will serve ham and cheese sandwiches, and pork chops for the more affluent immigrants all free, on the governments dime.
Justin will be pulling his hair out trying to fast track those poor political migrants, they will have wished they just walked over the border to Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq, or Turkey.

When they hit the east coast there could be a nice welcome wagon, new clothes, some spending money and a big 'ol plate of pigs feet.....mmmmm...that's good eatin' !!!!!!!

No more "vodka nudge" at coffee time for this guy.