The number of sows that farrowed during this three-month period was down slightly from 2023 at 2.96 million head, which represents 49% of the breeding herd. The average pigs saved per litter was ...

Originally, under the $50 million program, culls of breeding swine between Nov. 1, 2007 and Nov. 30, 2008 had qualified for per-head payments to eligible hog producers. However, Agriculture Minister ...

Abstract: Controlling the healthfulness of breeding sows is one of the most critical factors in pig breeding farms since, throughout the production process, the sows show continuous changes in their ...

Kenneth Orwaya tends to a paig at his farm in Huruma, Nairobi. Farms which use hotel waste as food tend to have noxious odour ...

The development of a sustainable breeding program requires the identification of novel traits and genomic evaluation strategies to genetically select for improved heat tolerance. Over the past few ...

The Netherlands’ pig inventory is expected to decrease again in 2025. According to data by breeding organisation Topigs ...

After weeks of chaos and uprooted lawns, a hog trap was built Tuesday night to end a feral swing rampage that has left ...

The modern pig has been shown to have the potential ... A look into the future for swine breeding suggests changes may be on the horizon. Global limitations to available labor on the breeding ...

This breed has a smooth, short coat that comes in many color varieties ... One neutered boar living with one or more sows ...

Farms of large pig groups have flourished to become major production models in China. More types of farms have also emerged, ...

he should have a 12½-pig-per-sow return on his investment of care and feed. For the second breeding, the Association will pay half the cost of a pure bred boar. The farmer must pay for cholera ...

23. Breeding Herd and Pig Crop The breeding inventory was 6 million head, also up about 1% from 2023 but slightly down from last quarter. The September-November pig crop was 35.2 million, up nearly 2% ...