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Leon Zimmerman Farmstead
Farrow To Finish On Brown’s Feeds
Elton “Chub” Muth’s 45 Sows are still a part time job, but he
hopes to make it a full time business soon. Last year he sold 294
fat hogs at an average weight of 236 lbs. He moves his hogs off
the farm about five mmtjis jftpr birth using Brown’s Pig Starter
Crumbles through waning and then Brown’s 40 Hog Concentrate
to market. Chub partlctflkfljriikes Brown’s Lac Pac and Gest
Pac which are designed to compliment Brown’s Hog Supple
ments when mixed in lactation and gestation rations. He
normally weans over ten pigs per sow, but recently weaned 137
pigs out of 157 farrowed from ten sows. Chub likes the economics
of the mixes he makes using Brown’s 40 Hog Supplement, and is
excited about the performance he sees in his gilts, sows, and
market hogs.
Pictured with Randy (left) is Carl Reist (right)
Brown’s Sales Representative
THESE HOG PRODUCERS KNOW BROWN’S SUPPLEMENTS WORK
Randy Hoffman Farm
Farrow To Forty-Five
CAN THE HOG BUSINESS BE MORE PROFITABLE FOR YOU?
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Leon raises 50 sows and almost all their shoats. He runs a three
way cross using Duroc, York, and Spotted hogs. He switched from
a national brand to Brown’s Feeds a little over a year ago because
he liked the price. Today he is still with Brown’s because he likes
the feed performance and the service that Rich Graff, his Brown’s
sales representative, provides. Leon markets his hogs at 240-250
lbs. at about 6 months after farrowing through a local auction.
Buyers like his large meaty hogs which often top the market.
Generally, he farrows an average of 10 pigs per sow and weans
between 9 and 9.3. Birth weights are good at about 4 lbs. per pig for
sows and around 3 lbs. from gilts. He uses his own shelled and/or
ear corn plus Brown’s 40 Hog Concentrate in his gestation, lac
tation, grower and finisher group. Leon likes the economics of
marketing his corn through his hogs and the way Brown’s 40 Hog
Concentrate supplements his hogs needs for rapid economical
growth and reproduction.
Randy has been using Brown’s Hog Feeds for 1% years after
switching from a national brand. His hogs are mostly Yorks and
Liskey Large Whites with a few Hamps. Currently he has sixty
five Sows and gilts aifd has expansion to ninety in his future. He
markets his hogs at 45 lbs. to a local finishing house. Sows and
gUts are on a mix of shelled corn and Brown’s 36 Hi E Swine
Supplement. This supplement contains 8% high quality fat. Handy
feels the high fat supplement helps his sows milk better, hold their
weight longer.and breed back faster, even in hot weather.
Weaning and breeding have never been a problem since he started
using 36 Hi E Swine Supplement and he figures he saves $2 to
$3/cwt over the supplement he previously used, and is impressed
by how consistent the feed is from week to Week. In addition, he
appreciates the regular service calls that Carl Reist, his Brown’s
sales representative, makes and the friendly service that Brown’s
truck drivers provide.
Elton Muth Farm
Farrow To Finish On Brown’s