BEIJING (Reuters) - China's inventory of breeding sows rose 0.6% in October for the first monthly increase since April 2018, official figures showed, signalling that pig production may soon start to ...

ENGLEVALE, N.D. - The Ransom Multiplier, a gilt development facility owned by the Nelson County Pigs Cooperative, plans to move in late-gestation sows by Nov. 1 and begin farrowing by Nov. 15. Once ...

With a gentle, expert touch, pork industry executive Phil Borgic inspects the sow in the tight metal crate. For almost her entire life, iron bars will hold this mother pig on the slotted concrete ...

An Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station study showed female pigs had better reproductive health when placed on a slow-growth diet before being bred. FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Borrowing a page from the ...

BEIJING, April 18 (Reuters) - China's Agriculture Minister Han Jun urged the hogs industry to meet production-capacity ...

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 ...

“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 ...