Following a strategic merger, Hendrix Genetics Swine sets its sights on becoming a global leader in pig genetics within 5 ...

The US Food and Drug Administration has given the green light to gene-edited pigs for human consumption. PIC, a UK livestock ...

The road to success wasn’t easy for him. Having completed 10+2 and ITI, he aspired to do something in agriculture. But with just 0.33 acres, traditional farming offered little hope.

A Cornish pig farmer is pressing for more efforts to preserve rare breeds as a report raises concerns about their conservation in the UK. Giles Eustice from Trevaskis Farm near Hayle, highlighted ...

Thrives even in changing climates. 8. Karkambi Pig (Maharashtra): A scavenging pig breed raised primarily for meat. Hardy, low-maintenance, and cost-effective for rural farmers. 9. Kheri Sheep ...

This included 32 samples each from Largewhite (LW), Landrace (LD), and Duroc (DRC) breeds (all from Anqing, Anhui), 32 from Erhualian pigs (EHL, Changzhou, Jiangsu), 23 from Huai pigs (H, Donghai, ...

RBST highlighted encouraging new signs of stabilisation in several very rare breeds which were previously showing declining numbers, including Large White pigs and Gloucester cattle, as evidence of ...

FILE - This Dec. 9, 2005 file photo shows Yorkshire-Duroc mix-breed hogs on Scott Long's farm in Manteca, Calif. The pork industry has challenged the constitutionality of a voter-approved ...

pig-keeping technologies. This includes the microclimate, the watering system, and breeding. Today we use three main European breeds - Yorkshire, Duroc and Landrace. And the complex has ...

Over the past century, the goal of animal husbandry has shifted from breeding hardy, multipurpose animals to increasing performance for economic gain. For livestock, performance means more of what ...