http://country-yall.com/selling-your-farm-products-at-a-farmers-market For people who live a country or rural lifestyle. Fri, 06 Jan 2012 22:44:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://country-yall.com/selling-your-farm-products-at-a-farmers-market/comment-page-1#comment-483 12 Ways To Sell Your Niche Farm Products To Hungry Customers | country-yall.com Wed, 18 Jun 2008 16:34:12 +0000 http://country-yall.com/selling-your-farm-products-at-a-farmers-market/#comment-483 [...] On the my farm, I sell hogs at $.80 a pound liveweight, which means about $100 for half of a hog, with the customer paying for the processing. Processing costs run between $35 and $45, depending on how the customer wants his meat cut and whether he wants any cured meat. Alternatively, I sell 80% lean sausage at a flat $2.50 per pound, and get about 100 pounds of sausage from a 250 pound hog. I sold all my pork sausage here in the midst of 10 cent hog prices at the local sale barn. Customers were willing to pay premium prices for quality meat. My pork is fresher and leaner, all my hogs were raised on pasture and not given any antibiotics or growth hormones. My pork comes from happy hogs, and my customers know it. …NEXT [...] [...] On the my farm, I sell hogs at $.80 a pound liveweight, which means about $100 for half of a hog, with the customer paying for the processing. Processing costs run between $35 and $45, depending on how the customer wants his meat cut and whether he wants any cured meat. Alternatively, I sell 80% lean sausage at a flat $2.50 per pound, and get about 100 pounds of sausage from a 250 pound hog. I sold all my pork sausage here in the midst of 10 cent hog prices at the local sale barn. Customers were willing to pay premium prices for quality meat. My pork is fresher and leaner, all my hogs were raised on pasture and not given any antibiotics or growth hormones. My pork comes from happy hogs, and my customers know it. …NEXT [...]

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