1. Name of farm: Porkshire Farms
2. Farmer’s/Farm Family name: Ben and Susan Woollin
3. Street address: 8383 Benham st
4. City: Cedar Springs
5. State (2-letter abbreviation): MI
6. Zip: 49319
7. Phone number: 616 252 9602
8. Email: porkshirefarms@gmail.com
9. Website: porkshirefarms.com
Type of Farm/Farm Practices
10. Are you Certified Organic? No
11. Are you Certified Biodynamic? No
12. If you are not Certified Organic, do you use organic production methods? Yes
13. Do you use synthetic fertilizers? No
14. Do you use any of the following: nonorganic pesticides, herbicides, parasiticides, or fungicides? No
Animal Husbandry
15. Do you keep livestock? Yes
16. What animals do you keep?
Chickens (list breeds): Barred Rock and USA brown laying hens
Cornish cross meat chickens
Ducks (list breeds):
Turkeys (list breeds):
Other Poultry (list type and breeds):
Cows (list breeds):
Goats (list breeds):
Pigs (list breeds): Berkshire and Duroc
Sheep (list breeds): Katahdin hair sheep
Other Animals (list type and breeds):
17. Do you use antibiotics? No
18. Do you use antibiotics? No
19. Are the animals pasture-fed? Yes
20. How much and for how long: During the summer months
21. Do you practice managed grazing? Yes
22. Do you apply compost or compost tea? Yes
23. Do you apply other soil amendments? Yes
24. Do you use supplemental feed?
For poultry (list type): Non GMO corn and soybeans with mineral mix
Scraps
For cows, sheep, and/or goats (list type): Hay and mineral mix
For pigs (list type): Non GMO corn and soybeans with mineral mix
Apples, acorns, and pumpkins
Raw Milk
25. Do you supply raw milk? No
26. Do you keep your barn and milk room clean?
27. Do you keep the cows clean/teats washed?
28. Do you thoroughly wash your milking equipment after every milking? [farm_27]
29. Are cows with mastitis or other health problems excluded from milking?
30. Are cows tested for disease?
Which tests, and how often:
31. Is the milk routinely tested for pathogens, coliform count?
Which tests, and how often:
32. Is the farm water routinely tested?
33. Are milk and milk products kept well chilled?
34. Other/Explain (list any other routine practices, or explain any of your answers above?
Butchering Practices
35. Do you sell milk? No
36. Meat butchered at a USDA-certified or state-certified abattoir? Yes
37. Meat butchered on the farm?
38. Describe or explain any butchering practices: We bring our finished hogs to a usda butchering facility 30 minutes from our farm and we have our retail meat license to sell direct to our customers.
Farm Products
39. Please check off the products you sell and list current prices
Raw whole milk:
Raw butter:
Raw cream:
Raw ice cream:
Raw sour cream:
Raw yogurt:
Raw kefir:
Raw cottage cheese:
Whey:
Cheese (list types):
Other dairy (list):
Beef/veal:
Pork: $5 per pound hanging weight plus processing.
Specific pricing for individual cuts on website
Snack sticks $10 per pack
Goat/kid:
Mutton/lamb:
Other meat:
Chicken: $25 per whole chicken
Duck:
Turkey:
Other poultry:
Eggs (list type, chicken, duck, etc) :
Honey:
Produce (list typical offerings):
Prepared foods (list typical offerings):
Other:
Additional Information
40. Do you only sell animals that are raised on your farm at the address listed?
Yes
40a. Details:
We do have rented land near the farm that we raise livestock on year round
41. Are the animals born on your farm at the address listed? Yes
41a. Details:
The piglets are born on our farm
42. Do you ever purchase animals from auctions or from your processor or do you ever buy parts from your processor (whole pork bellies…)? No
42a. Details:
43. Do you personally attend to your animals at least once a day or do you hire help or farmers to do that for you? Personally Attend
43a. Details:
44. Do you purchase pre-mixed feed from an elevator or do you grind your own? Grind Own
44a. Details:
Our neighbor raises non GMO grain and we use his equipment to grind and mix our custom feed
45. Where can customers find you? (check all that apply):
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45a. Details:
Our products can be bought on our website or you can contact us via text, email, or messenger to place an order for pickup at our farm. We have products at the Rockford farmers market too.
