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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.
Agriculture and animal husbandry took place in the area of modern Sweden during the Stone Age. [7] Barley was the most important crop, but wheat, millet and flax were also cultivated. The christianization of Sweden , around the year 1000, led to improvements in agriculture due to the influx of knowledge of more advanced cultivation methods from ...
The former chair of Swedish Meats, Lars Hultström, resigned from his position in November 2009 following an animal rights scandal. After visiting more than 100 pig farms in Sweden, the Animal Rights Alliance (Swedish: Djurrättsalliansen) claimed to have witnessed violations of Sweden's animal protection laws at almost every farm. One of the ...
In 2010 Sweden had approximately 80 million broilers, 500,000 beef cattle, 350,000 dairy cows, 200,000 sows, 2.5 million pigs, and 6 million layer hens. [2]An investigation by the Swedish animal activist organization Animal Rights Alliance of one hundred Swedish pig farms found that 94% of farms lacked straw (rooting in straw is a natural behavior for pigs), 20% of farms used gestation crates ...
Indoor pig farm, Sweden, 1911. Sow in stall with separate piglet balcony to prevent crushing, Germany, 1959. Free range pigs with field shelters, England, 2006.
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The Swedish Landrace is the leading breed of pig in Sweden. They have heavy drooping ears and a white coat. The Swedish strain of the Landrace pig originated from importations from neighboring countries, particularly Denmark. The Swedish Landrace have attracted attention in the United States and other nations in recent years.