Domestic pigs (Sus scrofa domesticus) are believed to have branched off from wild boars (Sus scrofa) through domestication ...

Heritage breed hogs, the pricey pigs prized for their rich earthy taste, are having their Kentucky Derby moment. Duroc-breed hog will star April 30 when young Taste of Derby chefs competing for ...

If you're looking for juicy, marbled pork, look not further than Duroc. This heritage breed is among the best and is often compared to high-quality beef.

The hogs are mostly Duroc with a little Berkshire and a little old line Yorkshire. It's been a long road to where Fudge is now. "Growing up, in my late teens, ...

American Duroc hogs were fast-gainers, but not known for leanness. In 1992, Jim Compart traveled to Denmark to buy leaner Duroc boars. Compart pigs became “dramatically lean.” ...

Market hogs is one of the livestock show’s biggest divisions, with 120 student entries looking to walk away with the Grand Champion title in their weight and class categories.

There is a demand by some 4-Hers for Duroc hogs, so he purchased a Duroc gilt he calls Rosie from Hugh Braaten of Townsend. Her full brother is on the Southern show circuit.

At any given moment, there are as many as 12,500 Duroc hogs snorting around the barnyards of Imani Farms, a pig farm in southwestern Ontario.The farm’s pens are a cacophony of squeals, screams ...

Chad Yoder and his sons Owen, 6, and Luke, 9, carry buckets of hog feed to the family’s Duroc hogs on their farm in Lone Tree. The Yoders sell the meat from their hogs on ChopLocal, an online ...

Holy City Hogs’ Duroc pigs have big shoulders and hams with just the right amount of “snow white” fat, Toscano said. “We work hand in hand,” Jackson said of his relationship with chefs.