Classical swine fever reduces productivity and harms animal welfare, but pigs have now been genetically edited to make them ...

The researchers used Crispr-Cas9 “genetic scissors” technology to make the edit in pig zygotes — the cells formed from the ...

Advances in pig genetics are rapidly changing breeding and herd management. With digital phenotyping and artificial ...

The Japanese startup PorMedTec plans to open a farm by 2027 to raise cloned pigs for organ transplantation. PorMedTec, ...

It’s not unusual for pigs to be hogs when it comes to sharing a trough. But Purdue University researchers think they’ve found a way to create a more civil breed of swine. All they have to do, says ...

The June 1 inventory of hogs and pigs in the U.S. was at the highest June level since 2020 with 75.1 million head total, according to a recent study from the University of Missouri. However, even with ...

Farmer Clay Trainum whistled at a group of young boars from a distance, urging them to greet him on a recent afternoon at Autumn Olive Farms on the outskirts of Waynesboro. “Come on, boys,” he ...

Incredibly intelligent. Jaw-droppingly massive. Able to elude predators by burrowing for hours under the snow in freezing temperatures. They may sound villainous creatures in an apocalyptic movie, but ...

“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 ...

BREEDING AND SHOWING THESE HOGS. ARE YOU CUTE? YEAH. YOU’RE CUTE. DOROTHY AND ELPHABA ARE NOT ONLY CUTE, BUT A RARE BREED IN NORTH AMERICA. THEY ARE MASON PIGS IMPORTED FROM CHINA WITH A NAME THAT ...