Over the last few weeks, I’ve been lucky enough to treat a few pigs. Years ago, vets in general practice would regularly see a poorly pig and every farm had a few sows. There is an old day book ...

When Rachel Herrick bought a 47-acre farm in Cameron, NC, she had her work cut out for her. The soil was stripped of nutrients, dry after decades of. Skip to content. Search Menu Close. Farm; ... Meet ...

"Pigs naturally are very clean animals," Stonestreet says. "And then when you add in the consciousness and care that farmers put into raising pigs on a moderate pig farm, they're a very clean animal.

‘Pig Tales: An Omnivore’s Quest for Sustainable Meat’ by Barry Estabrook W.W. Norton, 335 pp., $26.95. As my father said, repeatedly when I was devouring huge amounts of “his” food as a ...

Farming of the modern pig on an industrial scale, however, only really began in the mid-20th Century. In the 1940s, a shrinking agrarian population, coupled with a newfound fear of hunger, ...

As part of its ongoing effort to dispel common misconceptions about modern pig farming, the National Pork Board is teaming up with country music superstar and five-time Entertainer of the Year ...

The Selangau Pig Farming Area (PFA) designed to house 12,000 Parent Stock (PS) is expected to be completed within a year and will start to produce 150,000 pigs a year in 2027. “The facility will use ...

When people visit Niyoyita’s farm, they realise how pig farming can be clean and modern. “We are doing advanced professional farming, and knowing how to keep things clean is very important.

Pigs don’t like stairs”“”“in fact, stairs destroy their knees”“”“and the idea of carrying a 50-pound pet up and down from a fourth floor walk-up dampened our enthusiasm. A pig would be much happier on ...