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Herbed Garlic Pork Butter: It Makes Everything Taste Better!
This easy recipe turns pure leaf lard into the most delicious, spreadable pork butter.
Barbara Rossi
Dec 5, 20232 min read
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Nutritional Benefits of Kunekune Pastured Pork
If you have ever tasted Kunekune pork you understand why it is superior to other pork. It's flavor is delectable and it has such a...
Barbara Rossi
Oct 18, 20231 min read
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Teat Performance
Uneven or non functioning teats is quite common in pigs and the Kunekune is no exception. You should assess the teats during your overall...
Barbara Rossi
Jun 29, 20222 min read
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Taped Weight vs. Scale Weight
The formula for weighing a pig using a tape measure is: Heart Girth x Heart Girth x Length/400 Length is taken from between the ears to...
Barbara Rossi
May 30, 20211 min read
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Designer Kunekune: A Word Of Caution, Part III
In this series of Blog Posts I have focused on Kunekune traits that have been taken to extremes or led to less desirable results in the...
Barbara Rossi
Jan 18, 20214 min read
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Designer Kunekune: A Word Of Caution, Part II
In this series of Blog Posts I am taking a look at Kunekune traits that have been taken to extremes or led to less desirable results in...
Barbara Rossi
Nov 22, 20205 min read
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Designer Kunekune: A Word Of Caution
We have all heard the term "designer breed", especially in the dog world. You don't usually hear that term in the pig industry. ...
Barbara Rossi
Nov 17, 20204 min read
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Pigs and Chips: easy as 1, 2, 3
Here at Bel Canto Farm we use microchips to identify any pigs that are registered and sold as breeding stock. If a piglet meets our...
Barbara Rossi
Aug 22, 20201 min read
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Kunekune Hair Loss. What's up with that?
Kunekune lose hair for a number of different reasons. To determine the cause of hair loss you need to thoroughly analyze their living...
Barbara Rossi
Aug 5, 20202 min read
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Let's Talk Pricing: The Controversial Topic in the Kunekune World
Something to Think About: A Kunekune BREEDER who manages their farm as a business has to look at costs that go into raising, breeding,...
Barbara Rossi
Feb 1, 20182 min read
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Bel Canto Heritage Kunekune Pork Now Available to Customers
We have entered a new and exciting era at Bel Canto Farm. We are very excited to introduce you to our heritage, pastured kunekune pork...
Barbara Rossi
Jan 1, 20181 min read
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Correlation Between Colostrum Intake and Future Fertility
A sows ability to deliver average and above litter size is one of the important criteria we use to determine her value in our herd. My...
Barbara Rossi
Dec 1, 20171 min read
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