Lackeys Notes From the Road

I had great couple of days touring Shipley Swine Genetics and Top Cut Genetics this week. Give me a call if you would like to discuss the boars at either stud.

I will be attending several sales this weekend, Kilmer/HiPoint and Hoosier Elite on Saturday and Midwest Best Sale on Sunday. Best of luck to everyone this weekend.

Dennis and Jacob Eve

Steel Curtain (Yak II x Badger x Code Express)

Visit to Dennis & Jacob Eve operation at Scottsburg, Indiana, on Tuesday, March 6. Jacob showed me a good Duroc litter sired by Texas Stud (the popular WinTex boar at Shipleys) and also a couple of litters sired by the Yorkshire boar (Buffalo x Tuff) they purchased from the Ellis’s at the Indiana State Fair. They have a good litter of Chesters that are sired by Parnell at SGI and a Vista Brook gilt... a real consistent litter here, give Jacob a call about these as there are several gilts in this litter that need to get out... However, the highlight of the stop was Steel Curtain, the Duroc boar that Eve’s and Paul Graf purchased from Pepple Genetics, Pennsylvania, last fall. This Yak II x Badger x Code Express son has great rib shape, bone, foot size and flexibility.. Sorry for the poor photos, we could not get him to stop long enough to get a good one…

Steel Curtain

Delbert & Trevor Peters visit

Visit to Peters Hampshires and Showpigs at Columbus, Indiana, on Tuesday, March 6. Delbert & Trevor have invested in many top end Hampshire gilts over the past years to develop a solid program. Their sow herd runs deep in quality and it shows in this pig crop… They partnered up with Shaffers’ Gold Rush last summer and purchased Capital Investment, the STC Grand Champion Hampshire Boar. He has sired a good set of pigs for them. Feature litters sired by Capital Investment are the 55 litter (12/2/11) out of the 2011 WPX Champion Gilt (4 Real x Unreal); litter 56 (12/5/11) out of a The Real Deal x King Kong Sow; 5 litter (1/3/12) out of Soda Pop x Dark Intentions sow; 12 litter (1/4/12) out of the 2009 STC Champion gilt(Sun Tea x All Sport); the 16 litter (1/7/12)out of a Lug Nut sow and the 22 litter (1/22/12) out of a WPX  Cornerstone gilt.  They have entries at the Gold Rush Customer Appreciation Sale this coming Saturday in Richmond, Indiana... Be watching for these. They also have a couple good litters sired by Augusta (9 litter) out of a Fore Front x Snake Eyes sow (1/3/12) and (11 litter) out of a Stainless Steel x Big Northern sow (1/4/12), several Above All (Kilmer) litters and Long Time Coming litters (Hi Point)...  if you are looking for some competitive Hampshire gilts and barrows for NJSA events or the Indiana State Fair, give Delbert or Trevor a call, check out their ad on page 208 (March) or page 72 (December) in the Seedstock EDGE for more information… 

5-4 Hampshire Gilt (Capital Investment x Soda Pop)