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cweick
Posted 8/16/2011 8:43:54 AM
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Does anyone have a formula that takes your from a dress weight to live weight of a hog that isn't considered a wild hog?

Thanks

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Posted 8/17/2011 7:00:25 AM
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Okay if a domesticed hog take dress weight and divide by 72.6%.
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Paul Ewing
Posted 8/23/2011 1:11:37 AM


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This blog post at Sugar Mountain Farm is a very good breakdown of a hog all the way down into how many of the nice white paper packages you get in the end:

http://flashweb.com/blog/2006/07/what-is-a-half-pig-share.html

I have found it is pretty accurate with the ones we have put in the freezer so far.

Paul Ewing

Shining Moon Farm - Boyd, TX

http://www.ShiningMoonFarm.com

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cweick
Posted 8/23/2011 8:09:56 AM
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What a web site!!!! Thanks for posting it.
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