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 ...

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 U.S. pork industry is releasing its first-ever farming responsibility report: 2012 Pork Industry Progress Report, Responsible Farming.Our Heritage. Our Future. The 36-page report details the ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

SIBU, Nov 6 (Bernama) -- The construction of another modern pig farm in Sarawak had just begun with the ground-breaking ceremony of the facility in Sungai Selabi, Selangau today. Sarawak Food Industry ...