The cattle are definitely Matt’s enterprise. The meat chickens and laying hens are definitely my enterprise. But the pigs are more of a gray area.
When we’re talking about how much it’s going to cost to feed them as the price of corn goes up (and up), Matt refers to them as my pigs.
When someone’s talking about how extraordinary they taste, they’re our pigs.
what about when someone says they are cute?
I thought you might find this useful if you have not already seen the article- “Iowa State University project shows that hogs raised small farms don’t carry much Salmonella”Here’s the link-http://www.newswise.com/articles/view/523228/Ang.St. Fairsted
Karl – then I say they’re mine!Thanks, ang! I hadn’t seen that yet. Those are the kinds of things I like to throw into our farm newsletter.