Acorns for Sale

Acorns are great for hog and pig feed because acorns fatten hogs faster than many feeds on the market. However, acorns cost more than premium swine feeds because it is harder to collect acorns as a whole feed. Acorns are high in fat, so with that said and the eating habits of swine, your hogs will fatten quicker and be ready for the market. Acorns are not cost effective for hog ranches. We get many emails and calls from hog farmers looking for a natural acorn feed. Hog farmers want a cost effective feed. You can only spend so much money bringing 1 hog to the market. We understand the cost ratio to profit of farmers but many farmers don’t understand that collecting acorns is a tedious process. The reason there are no acorn operations wholesaling to hog farmers is because the cost ratio hog farmers want is not profitable for acorn sellers like us. Selling acorns is 99% labor. It involves 2 parts – collecting and storing the acorns. Hog farmers want to pay .40 per pound but we can’t make a profit after labor costs collecting acorns and storing/loading them at .40 per pound. It is just not cost effective for us. We want to become affiliated with hog farmers but we also want to break-even or profit on our product.