The problem with home grown is the long line in processing Our beef appointment was 3 months out so make it t as soon as you get the piglet
Where I live we are allowed to process our own as long it is not for commercial sale for personal use.
And if we have to wait anytime at all, we can make do with deer and moose.
We usually grow our own beef, but for some reason our ‘supplier’ fell through this season - probably keeping them all for himself, LOL!
We were in line to get a 1/4 beef; been on this same list for a number of years now, as a back-up plan. Usually, we get it in July but this year if won’t be ready until early November, they’re still so backed up with butchering.
We’ve still got plenty of bear, elk and fish from northern WI (no Canada trip this year) and Alaska that Beau caught.