Who would choose breeding pigs?" Ten miles away, Li Qinying barely maintains her hog barn. Twenty pigs live in what used to hold nearly 150, and they are the last she will raise. "It's too tiring ...

Authorities have recently approved a homegrown breeding system for a fast-growing hog strain called the Lansi pig, helping to lessen China's reliance on imported boars for hog production.

A Chinese official on Wednesday sought to allay rising concerns over reported sharp declines in the domestic pig breeding industry and overreliance on foreign supply, saying that China has cut ...

Breeding technologies which help pigs become genetically healthier and ... the ability to genetically screen embryos rather than live-born animals. “It means we don’t have to wait for the ...

Rearing healthy and fast growing pigs ... breeding gilts at weaning period, further selection should be done at five to six months of age. Fast growing weaners will likely consume less feed per ...