Pork Share - Half a Hog

HOW IT WORKS
Congratulations, you're about to own a 🐷 pig!  (on paper, only, of course 😄).  When you order this service, you'll own a 50% share of a real live hog from our partner farm, Mud Creek Farm, and we'll process it according to your instructions provided below.  You get “tongue-to-tail” eating and with everything that a hog yields, which includes the chops, hams, any grind or sausage--linked, pattied, or bulk--that you can imagine, and BACON (of course).

You’ll receive an estimated 65lbs of frozen pork in conveniently sealed packages, delivered to your door on dry ice. 

Here’s how it works:

1. Reserve Your Share – Pay your deposit now to secure your portion of a live hog, raised with no added hormones or antibiotic regimens.
2. Buy the Hog – On the day of harvest, you'll be invoiced for your share of a hog on a LIVE WEIGHT basis (yeah, you're buying livestock).  Congratulations, you're now a farmer... on paper, of course, and only for a few minutes before the harvest.
   
3. Customize Your Cuts – Once the animal is harvested, you’ll speak directly with our trusted butcher, Montgomery Meats, to choose how you want your pork cut, cured, smoked, seasoned, and packaged.
4. Paying the Butcher? – To keep things simple, we will pay the butcher on your behalf.  The live-weight price you pay for the animal includes all the service fees for butchering AND shipping to your door with dry ice.

WHAT'S IT COST?
You're going to pay $3.19/lb on a live-weight basis.  The typical hog weighs 250 lbs.  That makes your half 125lbs live, costing approximately $399.  That half hog will yield ~65lbs of meat.  Every animal is different, but these numbers are typical (and we harvest hundreds of hogs a year, so we would know).  After harvest, your final invoice will reflect the actual live-weight of your hog and we will either refund or charge your card the balance remaining after actual animal weight is recorded. 

TIMING
You may have guessed, this is NOT A STOCKED ITEM.  Your hog is currently wallowing in mud.  From the time you reserve your share until you receive your hog could be up to 6 weeks.  That involves the farmer hauling to the butcher, processing, and curing.  For that reason, you only need to put down a $100 today.  Your final bill will reflect the live weight known after harvest. 

ABOUT THE FARM 🧑🌾
On Mud Creek Farm's pastures in Howard County, Indiana, the hogs you're buying are pasture-raised, Duroc cross-bred hogs that live with full access to the outdoors on a pasture. The animals are never given any antibiotic or hormone regimens.