Creekside
Meadows
Farm
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These are some piglets from a few years ago.
We had them tilling part of the garden in the spring before planting!
Fresh Air Outdoor Pork
We purchase our piglets locally and raise them outdoors on our pastures and wooded areas. In the summer they have a rain/sun shelter and mud wallow for keeping cool in along with large areas for their tilling or grazing pleasure. In the winter they have a very large round poly dome calf hutch with lots of straw and wood shavings to snuggle in. They have an outdoor pen for rooting, playing and eating.
We feed a grain feed free of antibiotics along with milk from our jersey cows,
veggies and hay.
This way of raising pigs in the fresh air and feeding quality food produces a pork that has wonderful taste and texture along with being moist and tender.
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We sell our pork by the half, whole and individual cuts.
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We currently have a small supply of frozen pork in stock.
Chops, smoked ham steaks, smoked bacon, 2 shoulder roasts,
fresh and smoked hocks, liver
Now accepting orders for wholes and halves for Fall processing. Order now and stock your freezer for the winter!
We purchase a limited amount of piglets in anticipation of orders for fall pork, last year we quickly sold out and couldn't obtain piglets to fill orders. So please order early so we can plan accordingly!
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Halves and Wholes
Wholes: $3.40 per pound by the hanging weight plus the cost of processing.
Halves: $3.50 per pound by the hanging wt. plus cost of processing
On average a half is about 100 lbs hanging weight.
Yield is about 60 pounds take home. See info below for details.
Processing costs vary from $60 to $90.
This is custom cut to your order at a USDA inspected facility.
A $100 non-refundable deposit per half is required at ordering. An additional $100 per half is due prior to processing.
Additional processing information:
At this time (early 2010) our USDA inspected processor charges:
$30 for slaughter
40¢ per pound for Processing, cut & wrap
65¢ per pound for smoking
60¢ per pound for bulk sausage
$1.10 per pound for link sausage
So charges will vary depending on the weight and amount of hams and bacon smoked,
along with any sausage made.
The USDA processor we use does use nitrates in their smoking.
At this time it is our only option.
How much meat in a half pig?
About 60 pounds on a 100 pd. hanging wt.
This is an estimate only. Each pig varies in size and cutting orders vary.
Bacon or fresh belly: 8 pounds (varies and there is shrinkage with smoking)
Ham 15 pounds (again if smoked expect a bit of wt. loss)
Picnic shoulder 10 pounds
Ribs 3 pounds
Butt roast 4 pounds
Chops 20 chops or 12 pd loin roasts
Ground pork or sausage 5 pounds
Fat for lard 3-5 pounds
Neck bones, hocks, organs 2-3 pounds.
Again all weights are estimates only to give you an idea of what a half entails.
Here is what we will be asking you for your cut order:
Hams, do you prefer it smoked or not. What size ham do you want?
or would you prefer a small ham and the rest does as ham steak slices?
Keep in mind Ham that most are used to is smoked, not smoked is called fresh
Shoulder roasts or steaks or grind for more sausage.
Butt roast or grind for sausage
Chops, how thick 3/4" or 1", how many per pkg or
do you prefer a couple of roasts
Tenderloin: Do you want the tenderloin cut out separate or part of the chops?
Bacon: Smoked and sliced or fresh belly
Sausage, plain or seasoned (breakfast, sweet or hot italian)
link or 1 pound bulk.
Organ meats, heart tongue liver
Hocks? Smoked or fresh or none
Neck bones or feet?
Fat/lard?
There is not much leaf lard on these pigs but mostly the back fat. Which is great to render down for cooking and flaky pie crusts. Or make your own birdseed suet cakes.
Want your pork cut is a special way, or aren't familiar with some terms? You can talk directly to our butcher to go over your cut order if you prefer.
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Call or email your order now!
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315-677-3747
thefarmer@creeksidemeadowsfarm.com
Grassfed Lamb!
We hope to once again offer Grassfed Lamb when we more acreage. . Stay tuned for updates.
These are 4 lambs we raised a few years ago. They are really watching my border collie, Bandit. He is the boss and they obeyed him nicely. 