Get introduced to the topic of raising heritage pigs from "Pork" Rhyne of The Livestock Conservancy. Learn about the value of heritage breeds, which were carefully selected and bred over time. Get to ...

If you want to produce your own delicious, chemical-free meat, look no further than the homestead hog. Pigs can be raised on pasture as grazing animals; they thrive on a varied diet that also can ...

When I was a teenager, I convinced my folks that I would raise feeder pigs in an effort to bolster my college fund. My mother—who had heard plenty of my get-rich quick schemes before—called the county ...

As farmers work to install new systems that treat our future bacon a little more humanely, a bigger solution awaits: Re-engineering pigs to live together more harmoniously. In a rural setting an hour ...

Adam Deal stands at the edge of the cedar woods and lets loose a series of staccato yelps. Ten of his pigs have gone missing, and that's no small thing. That's roughly a ton of pork, loose on the hoof ...

Owning pigs is a full-time job '“ but they certainly do their bit to earn a crust as they pull in the crowds at shows. Both Barbara and Keith Davies, who run Longridge Belmont Farm, had grown up with ...

According to the Kuper family, Mitchell County is an excellent place for pork production. "We have some of the best farmland in the United States, which allows the local farmers to grow a lot corn ...

LIMESTONE COUNTY, Ala. (WAFF) - We all know of dissecting animals in science class but what about raising an animal? The Limestone County Career Technical Center knows all about that. For the fourth ...

It’s a provocative analogy, not just because the farms are a carnivore’s delight but because she has been targeted by animal activists in the past. Blantyre Farms houses up to 25,000 pigs, plus small ...