South Dakota farm sticks with ‘outdoor pig’ method
Dolan Worth and his son, Barth Worth, run a commercial “outdoor” farrow-to-finish farm east of Gettysburg, S.D. Part of a diversified crop partnership, the Worths employ a low-input, commercial style that is an anachronism in the region’s agriculture.
6:00 am, Apr. 26, 2021
GETTYSBURG, S.D. — In a world where hog production is largely an indoor sport, one family of pork pros still plays the game like it was originally played — outdoors
“We do it the old way,” says Dolan Worth, 70.
Dolan Worth, 70, and his son, Bart, 50, maintain an unusual, farrow-to-finish outdoor pig operation, as part of a cropping and beef partnership with Dolan’s brothers, Danny and Dale. Photo taken March 31, 2021, Gettysburg, S.D. Mikkel Pates / Agweek