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Happy New Year!!! The farrowing house is filling up with sows and gilts and we anxiously anticipating the new arrivals. Yesterday we loaded probably the best Yorkshire female into a crate that we have ever raised. This was my nephew Nolan’s gilt that he was going to show at the MLE last year. She injured…

We will be hosting a show clinic for all our customers on Saturday, May 12th from 12:00pm-2:00pm at our sale barn. The clinic will cover the following topics. Please RSVP to Jody by May 5th at [email protected] or Mike at [email protected] Cost: Animal Health – Dr. Anthony Klingler and Dr. Duane Trupiano from Concord Veterinary…

Winter is surely holding on which can be hard on our young animals. Here are some tips as we continue this cold weather.Pigs will need a warm place to sleep that is draft free, has heat lamp, and deep warm bedding. This is essential for the health of your pigs. Pigs that are cold will…

Spring sales are quickly approaching. Sale dates are March 24th and April 7th this year. Barn will open at 10:00am and the first bid board will close at 12:30pm. If you want to schedule a time to come view the pigs before the sale give Mike a call or text at 517-581-2445 or Adam at…

We started making a name for ourselves in the Landrace breed back in 2015. Carter’s Reserve Champion at the MLE and Reserve Champion at the Eastern Regional along with Nolan’s 3rd Overall Bred and Owned in Louisville were bred to Hammer Down at Upperhand Genetics. These little rascals are impressive and we can’t wait to…

We loaded Carter’s Champion Purebred gilt and 4th overall from the MI Pigs Jackpot show last year into the crate last night. She is bred to Attention the popular 190,000 boar at Upperhand Genetics. We also loaded Carter’s Champion Homegrown Duroc from 2016, she is also bred to Attention. She is one incredible female and…

There is much anticipation of this Wild Will litter of pigs that hopefully will be arriving shortly. 22-6 is one of our most productive and popular females.  When making decisions on what sows got bred to this summer we felt this could be an incredible combination. Wild Will has made quite a stir in the…

Our feature sow this week is 11-2…she is a Smooth Criminal daughter that had a successful show career in 2016. She was bred to our new Blurred Vision son, Keg Stand. 

Happy Holidays from all of us at Arbuckle Showpigs. Starting next week we will post a picture of one of our feature sows or gilts about to farrow that week. We have 34 litters expected to farrow from next week to mid February. Here is a list of what all our sows are bred to……

Over the past weekend Carter and Avery had a great deal of success at the NJSA Eastern Regional in Hamburg, New York. Avery had the Grand Champion Bred and Owned Landrace, she was 3rd     overall in the Novice Skillaton. Carter had the Reserve Grand Champion Landrace and he was the Overall Junior Showmanship…