Of the 75.0 million hogs and pigs in the U.S., the latest USDA Hogs and Pigs Report as of Dec. 1 notes 69.0 million were market hogs, while 6.00 million were kept for breeding. The total inventory is ...
A strategic review of Scotland's pig industry concludes that it needs a breeding herd of 45,000 sows to provide 20,000 finished pigs per week, the level required for viability. The report follows the ...
The latest edition of Pig Progress is now available online and includes the use of enrichment materials in pig houses, an ...
Travis Hood of Hood's Heritage Hogs in Robertson County is working to re-create an old breed of pig with the help of D'Lovely, an Andrus red wattle sow. Hood's focus is on ancient breeds of hogs that ...
The UK’s pig producers believe they can bounce back from the decline that has characterised the sector since the late 1990s. Farmers leaders are to introduce a comprehensive pig health and welfare ...
Nutrition is key throughout a pig’s lifetime, and particularly important for the breeding females of the herd in order to achieve optimum piglet production and growth. On a recent Farming Connect ...