I know the original thread was on feed costs but have you a secure (and for pigs I mean really secure) area for them, a permanent water supply, shelter from wind, rain and sun and, in the case of pigs in a field, have you resigned yourself to it looking like a ploughed field within three days? Do you have or can you borrow a trailer to take them to the abattoir, how are you going to load them, etc., etc.