La Pryor Farms

La Pryor Farms is located in Ottawa, IL and is owned and operated by Mark & Kristin Boe. Mark attended Black Hawk East College in Kewanee, IL while Kristin attended Iowa State University. At both Colleges they learned about meat quality, animal husbandry and livestock evaluation. After college they married and their passion for raising meat quality hogs has only grown. First, they started selling hogs to local friends and family, to selling freezer meat in the community and has expanded to pork sales at white tablecloth restaurants and deli's in Chicago.

In the spring of 2010, Mark and Kristin purchased a herd of old line Duroc hogs from a Breeder in La Pryor, Texas. Thus being said, La Pryor Farms fit for a farm name. These Durocs are a rare genetic line that have excellent eating qualities. These Durocs were exported to Japan because of their meat quality characteristics.

The Hampshire pork line at La Pryor Farms is also unique. It possesses superior eating characteristics, with its fine and tender muscle fibers the meat bursts flavor in your mouth! This line was purchased from a retiring breeder in Nebraska and is the base of the La Pryor Farms Hampshire pork line.

Mark and Kristin take pride in preserving their unique genetic lines of Hampshire & Duroc hogs. They believe that using purebred lines is the key in producing a consistant product.

Mark and Kristin grow and harvest their own non-genetically modified corn that is fed to all hogs at La Pryor farms.

Once hogs are market weight, they are taken to Country Village Meats in Sublette, ILwhere they are Harvested and State inspected. The pork is then picked up whole or cut into primals and delivered by La Pryor Farms (Wednesday delivery).