Buyers and vendors travelled from four states to attend the 10th annual Forbes Stud Pig Sale, held in Bedgerabong on May 21.

Fukushima's hybrid pigs aren't radioactive mutants but fast-breeding boar-pig crosses that reproduce year-round, creating ...

DNA analysis found Fukushima pig-boar hybrids inherited rapid breeding traits after nuclear incident. A fast-growing ...

Production and price shifts also increase U.S. exports. Ultimately, more pigs and pork produced at a positive margin can ...

Domestic pigs escaped into abandoned farmland and began interbreeding with indigenous feral boars — creating a mutant pig population with alarming genes.

GEORGETOWN, Ky. (LEX 18) — When Shena and David Kirk purchased a historic, but neglected and overgrown, 175-acre farm in Scott County, they knew it wasn’t the right pasture for cattle, Kentucky’s most ...

Cell death is a key regulator of normal biological function and is regulated by multiple processes (1). Historically, programmed cell death was understood primarily through apoptosis; however, recent ...

A local farmer is entering four young pigs in the Agricultural Exhibition next week. Daniel Renaud, of DR Farms, received a Duroc, two Chester White and one Duroc Chester White pig from Pennsylvania ...

African swine fever (ASF) is one of the most devastating diseases affecting domestic pigs and wild boars worldwide. Since its introduction into Europe, this deadly virus has spread widely, threatening ...

Few things upset Merlin the pig more than being denied a treat. He will press a purple button with his nose that says “I’m mad” aloud. Sometimes he will walk into the laundry room and angrily shut the ...

SAN ANTONIO, Texas — Some talented students from the South Plains made a big impression in the show ring at the Junior Market Barrow Show during the San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo, taking home breed ...

Domestic pigs reproduce through a breeding process that is closely managed on farms around the world. During mating, a male pig, known as a boar, mounts the female, called a sow, in a behavior driven ...