This happen every four to six weeks (I think.) and is not overly exciting to those raised on KevMar Hog Farm. To those of us married in or attached to one of the boys, however, it's intriguing to say the least. Kristi, Tammy, Katie, and I all want to help ship one day. I'm not sure if they'll really let us. :) While we were back in Zumbrota for a day the kids and I got to watch. Hog shipping 101: Pigs ready to be shipped are marked with an orange mark and moved from their pens into the shipping room. The cattle truck backs up to the chute which connects the shipping room to the truck. The hogs then walk (willingly or unwillingly) from the shipping room, down the chute, into a room in the cattle truck. The cattle truck then takes them to a processor and we get bacon, ham, pork chops, roasts, sausage, ect... Yummo!
Watching was tons of fun and definitely something you don't see everyday. :)
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