Literature

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1. SYLVESTER CHULABANTU says:

   Monday January 10, 2011 1:13 am at 1:13 am

   Marvellous. Please help me with your business plan. I have started a small farm but i don’t have a plan. Please help me.Siness plan. I have started a small pig farm.

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   • Walter Jeffries says:

     Monday January 10, 2011 8:07 am at 8:07 am

     I don’t know of any available sources of business plans specific to small pig farms however I would suggest just starting with general business plan outlines and modifying them to suite your needs. This is how I’ve done mine for various businesses over the years. See this search pattern.

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2. Ralph says:

   Friday January 21, 2011 13:52 pm at 1:52 pm

   Funny how things flow. I was looking for business plans and numbers and the like for small ag operations for a report I’m writing and found this post. There’s not anything I can find that’s readily published on costs, anywhere! Everyone talks about startup like it’s free, like “just use stuff you find along the road”, it’s a joke.
   The best hit I got, Sylvester, was one that just appeared this morning : http://www.chickenthistlefarm.com/2011/01/small-farm-business-planning.html
   Only thing is I don’t think they do pigs at all!

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   • Walter Jeffries says:

     Saturday January 22, 2011 8:01 am at 8:01 am

     Ralph and Sylvester, here are some links to discussion on this topic [1, 2]. I have some articles that are sitting as drafts related to this.

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3. Ana Labastida says:

   Friday November 25, 2011 17:57 pm at 5:57 pm

   Dear Walter,

   I am very impressed with the way you are running your farm. I am an artist studying an MFA in Social Practice at the California College of the Arts in San Francisco. I have been looking at the idea of significant otherness (this is a term coined by Donna Haraway, have you heard of her?) Significant otherness acknowledges other species as worthy of respect and as important partners in mutually shaping our existance. I find that your farm exempilfies many of those ideas.

   I had a question, how are your animals killed? I have read they need to be stunned first? I know that having your own slaughterhouse is a huge relief for the animals as transportation I believe is very traumatizing. Do you have a particualr way of killing you find more humane? And personnally how do you deal with the killing of animals you obviously care and respect?

   I appreciate your time and thank you and your family for your work!

   Best,

   Ana

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   • Walter Jeffries says:

     Saturday November 26, 2011 5:41 am at 5:41 am

     I’m not familiar with Donna Haraway or the term Significant Otherness. I’ll have to add them to my winter reading list.

     Many people are interested in the topic of how to stun and kill humanely. I’ll have to write about that in detail sometime. Do you know of Dr. Temple Grandin’s work on this?

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4. James says:

   Wednesday December 14, 2011 17:47 pm at 5:47 pm

   Great site! . your info on rotational grazing was exactly what i was looking for.

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5. Zach says:

   Wednesday January 11, 2012 7:47 am at 7:47 am

   Can I have permission to use your cut graphic on my website? Been trying to put one together myself and honestly yours is perfect for our situation.

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   • Walter Jeffries says:

     Wednesday January 11, 2012 8:15 am at 8:15 am

     Yes, just do not modify the image, do provide a photo credit and do link it back to my web site like this:

     Graphic made by and © Walter Jeffries, SugarMtnFarm.com

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     • Zach says:

       Wednesday January 11, 2012 13:19 pm at 1:19 pm

       Great! Thank you.

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