dave said:I'd like to share more information but I've shared all I've got. 
We've never bred pigs but just buy them as shoats from the neighbors and raise them up for our own table. One day, though, I definitely want to get serious about keeping a good herd of hogs going.
I may go this way the first year or two, too - just to get a feel of which breeds do best in that neck of the woods. Also, it will give me an opportunity to think about long-term housing and needs - temporary quarters (mostly shade) is easy to provide when you only have them for a few months of the year and don't need to plan for farrowing.
Ultimately, I would like to go to a full pasture rotation system running swine, sheep, and poultry but that is definitely down the road. There are just too many immediate things that need to get done - now
