NICOLETT, Minn. — While COVID-19 nudged many livestock producers into branded meat marketing, one family – the Comparts of Nicollet — have been at it for 20 years. Compart Family Farms Premium Duroc ...

There’s a lot a researcher can learn, it turns out, from studying some cells from a common farm pig. Assembling the genome, or DNA letters, of a domestic Duroc pig named T.J. Tabasco and comparing it ...

A 400 kilogrammes Duroc boar, prized for its rapid growth and high-quality meat, is on display at the 18th National Agriculture Show running from June 18 to 27. A Duroc boar is a male pig of the Duroc ...

If you like both whiskey and bacon, there's a dream pig being raised just for you. The Templeton Rye company in Iowa is feeding a generation of Duroc pigs a special diet that includes spent Templeton ...

According to livestock experts, there are over 100 breeds of pig in the world. However, in Kenya, farmers concentrate on four major breeds, which do well in the market. The breeds include the: Large ...

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In both spring and fall, 12 Duroc, 12 Hampshire, and 12 Duroc x Hampshire F 1 weanling pigs all reared under the same management were fed in pens of 3 to slaughter weights. Three Duroc and 4 Hampshire ...

Muscle and adipose tissues are regarded as important metabolic and secretory organs, which communicate with each other through secretory factors, also known as the "muscle-adipose axis". Secretory ...