Freeballing Pigs

Legume

No, really.  That's the right title.

You may have to join Medium to read this, but it's worth a read if you're interested in some aspects of how pigs are raised, specifically male pigs, and how one farmer (rancher?) is trying to leave them boys where they are.

https://medium.com/mel-magazine/when-it-comes-to-pork-free-balling-is-the-new-free-range-4bc25a175b6f#.rwqa3fbip

slovelad

No need to join, I read se of it... Stopped reading when it said "pigs do fee the pain of castration" ... Well i can already see where that crap is going... Who cares if the pigs fee the pain... How do they few when you cut their brothers head off when they are next in line...

piney

They are pigs! Food for humans! 

Elijah

slovelad said:

How do they few when you cut their brothers head off when they are next in line...

If given the opportunity, they'll lick every drop of blood off the ground. It's bothersome, really. 

Legume

That's funny @slovelad, please tell me where it's going?

Selective breeding?  Better pork?  I'm not from PETA, I'm not an animal rights activist, I thought it was cool this guy engineered his way around the issue and came up with a better quality pork product.

theyolksonyou

Nothing worse than boar taint...

womaus

theyolksonyou said:

Nothing worse than boar taint...

Was that a typo? Did you mean to type "boring"?

Botch

Interesting read, although I'm not sure everyone will agree with this:

Besides, boars look like body-builders: They grow faster and are about 10 percent more efficient than barrows at turning feed into meat. Barrows are fattier. And in the end, customers want meat, not fat.

theyolksonyou

@botch my thoughts exactly. How lean do you want your pork?  

Legume

You guys suck.

theyolksonyou

Should've waited a day....

DMW

Interesting, I'd try it.

theyolksonyou

I'd bet they're happier too. I know I'm happier free ballin' vs the alternative. 

Botch

I've often wondered, if dictators were castrated (Putin, al Assad, Cheney, Kim Jong Un, et al) would the world be a more peaceful place?  

theyolksonyou

They'd all be less aggressive and less horny, apparently. 

theyolksonyou

OTOH, wouldn't castration technically lead to more taint?

Botch

taint necessarily so. 


<groan>

theyolksonyou

Bump because free ballin and taint....

Ozzie_Isaac

In general, I find balls a deal breaker.

theyolksonyou