We were at the hill in early April and Jesse and Karl showed us the 75 litter Berkshire boars. We fell in love with -2(Sputnik). His look up front and barrel rib with a hind leg that don’t quite caught our attention. It was a no brainer to try and get him bought when he was offered in The Draft.  Here’s a word from Jesse on the pedigree 

Linebred BERKSHIRE GREATNESS!

These littermate boars are sired by the ever popular To The Moon, a boar we turned to in an effort to inject another shot of our matriarch; the OTL 379-12 sow. If you dig into the pedigree, To the Moon’s mother is a granddaughter of 379-12. The mother of these 75’s, is a Rooster-sired daughter out of 379-12 herself. It’s worth noting that 379-12 was a sister to the Reserve Grand Barrow at the American Royal in 2018 – well before it was cool or even acceptable for a Berkshire barrow to land in the coveted top two spots at a National market hog show. Having 379-12 on top and bottom of the pedigree was the goal and the result is even better than we imagined. Incredible pair of boars that were off limits as babies, retained as herd boars and used exclusively at the farm for our coming crop of litters due in July & August. Our breeding records would suggest that we liked them both equally and we could certainly make a strong case for the selection of either one. Their sisters are also very high quality and collectively as a litter, they truly represent the best of the HH Berkshire program.