Get introduced to the topic of raising heritage pigs from "Pork" Rhyne of The Livestock Conservancy. Learn about the value of heritage breeds, which were carefully selected and bred over time. Get to ...

If you want to produce your own delicious, chemical-free meat, look no further than the homestead hog. Pigs can be raised on pasture as grazing animals; they thrive on a varied diet that also can ...

When I was a teenager, I convinced my folks that I would raise feeder pigs in an effort to bolster my college fund. My mother—who had heard plenty of my get-rich quick schemes before—called the county ...

BARTOW -- Growing a couple of 200 pound-plus pigs for the Polk County Youth Fair has been a growth experience for a pair of Lake Wales area twin girls with mental handicaps. With their pigs "Gordy" ...

Adam Deal stands at the edge of the cedar woods and lets loose a series of staccato yelps. Ten of his pigs have gone missing, and that's no small thing. That's roughly a ton of pork, loose on the hoof ...

Piglets feed from a swine on a hog farm. Farms are more likely to specialize in one or two stages of a hog’s life cycle, instead of raising animals from birth to slaughter. This is the second in a ...

Owning pigs is a full-time job '“ but they certainly do their bit to earn a crust as they pull in the crowds at shows. Both Barbara and Keith Davies, who run Longridge Belmont Farm, had grown up with ...