Pity the modern boar: He roams the pen for a sow that's ready to breed and when he's about to, er, take action, a farmer appears with a catheter in his hands. The poor guy has been replaced by ...

Pig producer Nicolas De Wilde is located in the French-speaking part of Belgium – traditionally not a place of pig production ...

Rearing healthy and fast growing pigs is the key ingredient for a successful venture. You want to raise gilts that will give birth to as many piglets as possible that are fast growing as well as ...

The Chinese pork market has been decimated recently by the spread of the African Swine Fever, a disease that originated in Africa but is not infectious to humans either through contact with pigs or ...

Producer Guy King has doubled sow numbers from 500 to 1,000, and the 2023 Farmers Weekly Pig Farmer of the Year is now ...

Myora Farm, run by Jeff Braun, is garnering a bit of attention for its specific genetic trickery involving pigs. They’re selectively breeding for sows that can feed more piglets, but the way they’re ...

China importing high quality breeding sows and hogs Country's pig herd decimated by African swine fever More than 150 plane loads of pigs needed - genetics firm Genetics companies jostle for China ...

Three hundred thirteen-five is a beauty and sure to have beautiful babes, too. Born on March 30, the fifth piglet in litter 313, she’s an elite sow, bred to produce several generations of breeding ...