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
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Justin Joachim, 37, farms with his brother, Jared, 34, both of Gettysburg, S.D., farm with their father, Doug, 67, at the headquarters for Joachim Farms near Agar, S.D Photo taken March 31, 2021, at Agar, S.D. Mikkel Pates / Agweek
Together, the three Joachim households farm around 15,000 acres, including about 4,200 acres of spring wheat “give or take.”
The Joachims had expected to start with spring wheat on Monday, March 29, 2021, but held back because of punishing winds blowing 40 mph-plus. As of April 5, they’d planted nine spring wheat quarters about 1,440 acres or about a third of what they expect to put in.