The performance of a breeding herd can be assessed in many ways – be it pigs born alive, pigs weaned, or litter weight weaned. But whatever the metric, that level of performance will hinge upon ...

When it comes to developments in the pig sector, selective breeding and estimated breeding values are held up as two of the technologies which revolutionised the industry. However, the latest ...

It was back in 1986 when Tavistock, Ont., swine breeder Jim Donaldson sold his first batch of breeding pigs to China. "It was a small shipment of 75 pigs to the province of Jilin," said Donaldson, who ...

DECORAH, Iowa — For Wayne and Roxanne Huinker, the seedstock business is a constant evolution to build a better mousetrap, or in their case, should we say pig? Roxanne and Wayne Huinker, of Decorah, ...

“As you think about the breeding herd, you could argue we have one of the youngest and most productive sow herds we’ve ever had,” says Lee Schulz. Although there were no earth-shattering surprises in ...

Pork and other pig products account for more than 30 per cent of meat products consumed worldwide. This gives Ugandans the opportunity to get into this in-demand product and make some profits this ...

SA pig producer Louise Smith with the best pig in show at the Sydney Royal Easter.(David Claughton: ABC Rural) A young South Australian producer with a rare breed won the award for Best Pig in Show at ...

The rate of lateral Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae transmission among growing pig populations also suggests a very low incidence.

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 ...