Cheshire Pork

1972: After getting his degree at university, Ted Ivey began working with his family's farm and his father-in-law's hog farm. 1976: Ivey Spring Creek Farms was born (ISCF is a seed stock genetics and animal welfare management company). 1978: While in Dumas, Texas to pick up spotted pigs, Ted's trusted friend and ranch owner, Jerry Sturgis, talked T... ed into purchasing his rst Chester White heritage breed hogs. 1978 to early 1990s: Over the next 25 years, the Ivey family meticulously selected their animals for traits that were marketable for flavor and consistency, all the while selling a majority of their nished product to Japan. Esther took on an active role at the farm by hand feeding the hogs and working with the animals in every step of the process: from breeding and weaning to nishing. During this time, the Chester White genetics rose to the forefront, as they rank at the top in pH, marbling, cooking loss, color scores, tenderness, intramuscular fat, juiciness, minolta reading, and lipid content. They rank 5%-30% better than most maternal lines. In total scores using the National Barrow Show Progeny test rankings, the nearest maternal line is 50% lower than Chester White, which was proven in a ten-year NBSP Sire test, veried by the National Pork Producers Council. 1992: The Japanese noted the superiority of both Ivey genetics and Ivey's animal welfare practices and quickly began a partnership. This was especially impressive considering that, being the inventors of "umami," the Japanese were discerning and very particular about the quality of their food products. They often rejected American Pork products coming into their country even during the early 1980s when American Pork was on the fast track to becoming "the other white meat. The Ivey genetics gained recognition from the selective crossing of their heritage breeds as they developed a product with perfect pale rose color, a tender and succulent meat texture, and great marbling the Japanese call "sashi. The Ivey genetics consistently produce a quality ...Read More