FARGO - The hog industry could see some major changes in the upcoming months, depending on the effect of severe drought on U.S. corn and soybean crops, according to David Newman, the North Dakota ...

BEIJING, Nov 27 (Reuters) - China's most active hog futures DLHCV1 fell more than 5% on Monday, extending a downward price trend that has started since August due to large sow herds despite government ...

“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 ...

SHANGHAI, Oct 11 (Reuters) - China's live hog futures hit its upside limit of 8% on Monday afternoon, tracking spot prices and helped by government stockpiling and falling sow inventory. Live hog ...

BEIJING, Aug 6 (Reuters) - China aims to maintain its breeding sow herd at about 43 million head during the period to 2025, the government said on Friday, as it looks to put herd production on a firm ...

In addition to being one of the world’s worst invasive species and the vectors of several terrible diseases, feral swine also have names that are insults. Being called a “pig” is not exactly the same ...

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 ...

Producer Guy King has doubled sow numbers from 500 to 1,000, and the 2023 Farmers Weekly Pig Farmer of the Year is now selling 350-400 finished pigs a week from his ...

Before humans can benefit from new drug therapies and nutritional additives, scientists test their safety and efficacy in animals, typically mice and rats. But, as much as they've done for biomedical ...