Today Illini is selecting the gilts that they would like to keep for breeding stock out of room one. Stephanie is in marking the ones she thinks meet their standards for good breeding stock right now. If you show animals, you probably know most of the things she is looking for. After she is done, our work begins. We will be ear tagging in three different colors to indicate which of the three farms the animals are going to. Then we will be giving vaccines to the gilts, also. They will receive a total of four vaccines before they leave.
What is amazing is that our first group is scheduled to leave by the middle of February. We cannot believe how quickly time has gone! We will soon be into our fifth group of pigs shortly after that. It's amazing!
The hogs that are not selected will go to places like Tyson Foods or Farmland. So, when you are shopping, shop brands that you know where the food comes from. Farmers like us, family farmers, who are committed to producing the best and safest food supply in the world!!!!
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