Blog - Small Scale Pig Farming

Pig buying season is right around the corner

Pig buying season is right around the corner for many. Did you know that all pig movements need to be recorded through PigTRACE. If you are selling them, purchasing, or off to an abattoir.Different types of movements or animals require...

March 9, 2026

Feeding

Pig Nutrition Webinar with Dr. Kelsey Gray

Join Kelsey and Small Scale Pig Farming for a FREE PIG NUTRITION WEBINAR! We will start with the basics, get into more specific details, and touch on nutritional related illness. Tuesday Feb 24th 5pm MTN Register Here: https://us02web.zoom.us/…/register/7uRU7fbyRgGmBk_nqwbArw

February 17, 2026

Feeding Pig Health

Quick deworming tips

Deworming your pigs is an important step in maintaining pig health and food safety. All pigs raised outdoors should be dewormed at planned intervals to ensure the best possible outcome for people and pigs. Following the following guidelines provides a...

February 11, 2026

Articles Pig Health

How can I identify lame pigs, and what should I do?

LIMPING/LAME PIGS: Pigs can limp or become lame for a variety of reasons: injury, infections, conformation, nutritional problems, or inflammation. Let’s look at a few common causes for pigs at different stages: Piglets: laid on by sow, joint infections after castration/processing, sepsis from...

February 10, 2026

Pig Health

Piglet Castration Tips

Piglet Castration Tips: ≤ 10 days of age > 10 days of age Check out this teaching video on HOW to do it yourself: https://youtu.be/qPkIzjrgqzU

February 10, 2026

Pig Health

Impacts of Wild Pigs

Invasive wild pigs are considered an issue in Canada because they can cause significant ecological and economic damage. Overall, the presence of invasive wild pigs in Canada poses a threat to the environment, agriculture, and human well-being, which is why...

December 18, 2024

Housing

Winter is coming

No this isn’t the first season of Game of Thrones. Winter is unfortunately a couple months away. Proper planning and preparation for cold and adverse weather can make it more manageable when it arrives. Shelters are an essential part of...

September 12, 2024

Pig Health

Pig disease management

How is swine disease spread? There are a number of ways in which disease can spread throughout your pigs. Sometimes diseased or healthy pigs incubate disease, while on other occasions it is transferred from other animals (wildlife, pets, other farm...

April 27, 2022

Pig Health

Managing your pigs health

Feeding Your Pigs Pigs can be raised on a variety of feeds, as long as the nutritional requirements for various stages of production are met. Pigs need to be fed everyday, with the amount of feed they require being dependent...

April 27, 2022

Feeding

Feeding your pigs

Fencing for your pigs is a critical factor in raising pigs. Fencing provides a barrier to keep pigs within a specific area, in addition to keeping predators and unwanted visitors out. Pigs will root or dig under a fence that...

April 27, 2022

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