BROOKINGS, S.D. - An alumnus whose contributions to swine reproduction have impacted the pork industry throughout the world was recently honored by the South Dakota State University Animal Science ...

Dr. Günter Wagner, the Alison Richard Professor Emeritus of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Yale University, will be working with the Texas A&M University School of Veterinary Medicine & ...

Domestic pigs reproduce through a breeding process that is closely managed on farms around the world. During mating, a male pig, known as a boar, mounts the female, called a sow, in a behavior driven ...

Beating the heat and other competitors, Erica Schweer and her Yorkshire pig Norma took home the title of grand champions at Monday's swine breeding show. Livestock shows continued Monday at the ...

It wants its livestock to grow faster, consume less feed, tolerate heat better, resist disease and produce larger litters of piglets—all goals for intensive breeding programs that look years into the ...

MINSK, 16 April (BelTA) – There is a need to develop a 10-year strategy for the development of ultra-modern pig breeding, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said at a meeting to discuss rural ...

Three British pig breeding companies are preparing to start exporting pig semen to China after a deal was struck between the two countries last month. Half the world's pigs are in China and the deal ...

Two seminars this month will offer pork producers insight on swine reproduction and farrowing. Advanced Swine Reproduction is scheduled for March 22 and Farrowing Basics on March 23 at the Marina Inn ...

For Belarus, the development of the pig industry is of particular importance. In all regions there are large pig breeding complexes that supply pork domestically and internationally. However, the ...