If there’s one thing this farm loves, it’s baby piglets. They’re such a lot of fun to watch them run around the first few days after birth wrestling and exploring and figuring things out. For several years now we have been doing a lot of breeding for our own on farm use. We also bred extra piglets to help supply all the homesteading self-sufficient families out there. We’ve met a ton of awesome people and it felt good knowing that our animals were going to such great homes.
For the coming few seasons Souder Station Farm is going to be taking a step back from breeding. There are a million things to take care of in the farm business that need our attention. In the time being we will be buying our piglets directly from the Amish community in Unity.
Daniel Hirschberger and his family have been raising sows and boars and butcher hogs for nearly as long as I have. Our last boar and some of our sows genetics all came from Daniel and the Amish community originally.
So for the next few seasons we will be recommending that folks looking for piglets reach out directly to Daniel.
We both have a commitment to raising pigs outdoors in as natural an environment as possible.
These aren’t factory farmed pigs shipped in tractor trailer trucks from the South. These are hardy animals that are conditioned to the year round exposure to sun, wind, rain, snow, and soil. These are heritage breed pigs equipped to thrive on your homestead, pastures, and woodlots.
With respect to the wishes of Daniel, his family, and the Amish community, I have not included any photos of individual people. However, I have included images of the animals and farm, and that’s probably more important anyway seeing how the animals live.
I want to thank everyone for your support over the last several years. With everyone’s efforts local agrarianism and land steward skills won’t disappear. We’d like to return to breeding in a few seasons, and hope to see you all again for piglet sales then. In the meantime, I sincerely appreciate you reaching out directly to Daniel and further supporting local family farms.
Thank you
Randy
Daniel can be reached at 207-948-4848