A strategic review of Scotland's pig industry concludes that it needs a breeding herd of 45,000 sows to provide 20,000 finished pigs per week, the level required for viability. The report follows ...

The daily water intake per animal varies with the lactating sow being the highest at about 20 to 30 litres. Sourcing best breed Once all this is achieved; capital, pig shed, feeding troughs ...

The daily water intake per animal varies with the lactating sow being the highest at about 20 to 30 litres. Sourcing best breed Once all this is achieved; capital, pig shed, feeding troughs ...

boar can cause damage. They live in matriarchal groups called sounders. At dusk the dominant sow will lead her group of 2-3 other sows and all their young to find food and suitable habitat.

Pamela, a British Saddleback sow, prefers napping to running. Pablo, a Kunekune pig, sleeps off a little over-indulgence at the vegetable buffet. 6. Although the native breeds are quite hardy ...

The wild boar living free in England were estimated at over 1,000 ten years ago and with the average mature sow producing 5 piglets (squeekers) a year the number must be now a lot higher.

Mark Hawe, local CAFRE pig adviser says that: “Replacement gilts must be prepared to withstand the rigors of breeding life.

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The Virginia plant where Boar's Head produced its tainted products had dozens of health and safety violations, prompting a lawyer to liken it to a "listeria factory." The U.S. Department of ...

This story was updated to correct a misspelling/typo. Boar's Head liverwurst won't be available for purchase or consumption ever again, the company announced. The decision to "permanently ...

The Boar's Head deli-meat plant at the epicenter of a nationwide Listeria outbreak that killed nine people so far harbored the deadly germ in a common area of the facility deemed "low risk" for ...

As the tally of those stricken in a nationwide listeria outbreak tied to recalled Boar's Head deli meat rises, federal health officials are urging Americans to check their refrigerators for the ...