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.

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.

A new study led by scientists from Dartmouth College unveiled the origins of pig domestication, revealing that the process began in southern China approximately 8,000 years ago during the ...