Beating the heat and other competitors, Erica Schweer and her Yorkshire pig Norma took home the title of grand champions at Monday's swine breeding show. Livestock shows continued Monday at the ...

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AUSTIN, Minn. — Mike Williams' auctioneer chant is so fast that, to the untrained ear, it's an incomprehensible mumble with the occasional dollar figure bubbling to the surface. Leading a sale of ...

In the wake of World War II, the rise of industrial agriculture fundamentally changed the world of meat production. Large-scale operations prioritized a few specialized pig breeds, optimized for ...

AMES, Iowa – Research conducted at Iowa State University is dispelling myths about the practice of breeding pigs to improve feed efficiency, a measurement of how well swine convert the feed they ...

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, ...

Plans to modernise an East Yorkshire pig breeding site are among those currently under consideration by East Riding Council. The farm, West of Driffield, houses thousands of pigs and is looking to ...