Domestic pigs (Sus scrofa domesticus) are believed to have branched off from wild boars (Sus scrofa) through domestication ...

Some producers also like to crossbreed hogs, so it may be difficult to tell what breed or breeds it is composed of. Market ...

China's Meishan pig is renowned for its large litters, but it and dozens others grow slowly and are too fatty. "It takes about one year for the animal to grow to 100kg.

China used to have 440 million pigs — almost half the world’s population — but its herd has shrunk by half or more, according to Rabobank, a Dutch bank with a heavy agricultural focus. Pork ...

FILE PHOTO: Pigs are seen on the farm of pig farmer Han Yi at a village in Changtu county, Liaoning province, China January 17, 2019. Picture taken January 17, 2019. REUTERS/Ryan Woo/File Photo ...

The number of pig farms in China producing fewer than 500 hogs a year plunged 75 percent from 2007 to 2020, to around 21 million, according to an industry report.

China is so desperate to rebuild pig herds after swine fever that its banks are experimenting with loans to farmers backed by a novel asset: their hogs.

With China’s pig herd still roughly 20% smaller than it was at the end of 2017, according to national statistics, authorities have prodded its mostly state-owned banks to find solutions.