A study published in the International Journal of Agriculture Innovation, Technology and Globalisation looks at a little-researched factor in pig farming: the libido of boars and the impact this has ...

Of the 75.0 million hogs and pigs in the U.S., the latest USDA Hogs and Pigs Report as of Dec. 1 notes 69.0 million were market hogs, while 6.00 million were kept for breeding. The total inventory is ...

Experts argue gestation crates cause anxiety and frustration in pigs, contradicting claims of humane treatment.

“As you think about the breeding herd, you could argue we have one of the youngest and most productive sow herds we’ve ever had,” says Lee Schulz. Although there were no earth-shattering surprises in ...

BEIJING, Aug 7 (Reuters) - China's pig industry representatives will gather next week in Beijing to discuss ways to reduce breeding sow numbers by a million, according to an official notice seen by ...

BEIJING, April 18 (Reuters) - China's Agriculture Minister Han Jun urged the hogs industry to meet production-capacity reduction targets and scale the breeding sow herd to a reasonable ‌level, the ...

As of Sept.1, there were 76.5 million hogs and pigs on United States farms, up slightly from September 2023 and up 2% from June 1, 2024, according to the Quarterly Hogs and Pigs report published Sept.

BEIJING, March 27 (Reuters) - China's pig herds will remain in surplus this year despite new government targets to tame oversupply, industry officials said, as the world's biggest pig breeder ...