We had thrown the idea around for years of raising pigs. We first talked about raising them for meat production but didn’t know if we would be able to complete the process start-to-finish. Alan didn’t ...

In the wake of World War II, the rise of industrial agriculture fundamentally changed the world of meat production. Large-scale operations prioritized a few specialized pig breeds, optimized for ...

SCHUYLKILL HAVEN – On a hillside in Wayne Township, a collection of black and white pigs gobbled clover and took turns putting their snouts to a spigot for water Wednesday morning. While they were ...

KIEL – "Healthy bacon" may seem like an oxymoron, but that's what Steve and Marie Deibele are raising on their rural Kiel farm. The Deibeles' 350 Berkshire pigs are free to roam on the approximately ...

In the winter of 2014, near Cambridge, Ontario, farmer Murray Thunberg made plans to acquire seven British Saddlebacks—lop-eared, black pigs with a white band running across their shoulders—with the ...

LESTER, Iowa - The Lance and Kristi Knobloch family had their hands full with a commercial hog finishing operation, beef cattle and crops when they decided to add one more enterprise: niche marketing ...