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  2. List of North American pig breeds - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of pig breeds usually considered to originate or have developed in Canada and the United States. Some may have complex or obscure histories, so inclusion here does not necessarily imply that a breed is predominantly or exclusively from those countries.

  3. Ossabaw Island Hog - Wikipedia

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    A very small breeding population of Ossabaw hogs are kept off the island by farmers who market them as a form of heritage pork, and there are also herds at several zoos and farms, at Mount Vernon, Colonial Williamsburg, National Colonial Farm at Piscataway Park in Accokeek, Maryland, [5] Conner Prairie Interactive History Park in Fishers ...

  4. Pig farming - Wikipedia

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    Large White piglets on a farm A Large White sow suckling her piglets Interior of pig farm at Bjärka-Säby Castle, Sweden, 1911. Pig farming, pork farming, or hog farming is the raising and breeding of domestic pigs as livestock, and is a branch of animal husbandry. Pigs are farmed principally for food (e.g. pork: bacon, ham, gammon) and skins.

  5. List of pig breeds - Wikipedia

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    Breed Origin Height Weight Color Image Aksai Black Pied: Kazakhstan: 167–182 cm: 240–320 kg (530–710 lb) Black and White--- American Yorkshire: United States

  6. Choctaw Hog - Wikipedia

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    These hogs are black, sometimes with white markings, and at about 120 pounds, they are relatively small for a domestic pig. Feral descendants of Spanish pigs are much more common than non-feral ones, but the Choctaw is "a pure Spanish breed" [ 1 ] and is distinct from the exact feral hog populations in the Choctaw National Wildlife Refuge area ...

  7. Pig show - Wikipedia

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    Owners buy or raise their pigs from small piglets and spend time learning what the pig needs to make it the best possible. You can switch up compositions of a pig by simply changing what and how you feed them. Other names for a pig show include swine show and hog show. A pig show is frequently part of a larger agricultural show. During the ...

  8. Berkshire pig - Wikipedia

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    The American Berkshire Association, established in 1875, was the first breed society for a pig breed; [5]: 551 the first pig registered was a boar named Ace of Spades, reportedly bred by Queen Victoria. [9] The pigs were exported to Japan in the 1860s, and became numerous there: in 2007 there were over 330 000. [10]

  9. Intensive pig farming - Wikipedia

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    In the UK there are around 11,000 pig farms. Approximately 1,400 of these units house more than 1,000 pigs and contain about 85% of the total UK pig population. [29] [30] Because of this, the vast majority of the pork products sold in the UK come from intensive farms. [31] In Australia, there were around 50,000 pig farms in Australia in the ...

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