States with feral hogs: 39, plus four Canadian provinces. Life expectancy for hogs: About seven years. Average size of mature feral hog: 100 to 150 pounds. Reproduction capability: Sows are capable of ...

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 ...

AUSTIN, Minn. — Mike Williams' auctioneer chant is so fast that, to the untrained ear, it's an incomprehensible mumble with the occasional dollar figure bubbling to the surface. Leading a sale of ...

“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 ...

The nation's year-over-year swine breeding herd inventory is continuing to shrink, dropping another 2% in a recent USDA report. The U.S. Quarterly Hogs and Pigs Report, published by USDA's National ...

Researchers hope their breakthrough could help protect against other viruses that threaten farming across the country.

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 ...

The hog industry is losing sows—pigs that are raised solely for the purpose of breeding other pigs—at an increasing rate. Reports vary, but the number shared last year at an annual gathering of pork ...