- "Pig farming or pork farming or hog farming is the raising and breeding of domestic pigs as livestock." - "Pigs are farmed principally for food (e.g. pork: bacon, ham, gammon) and skins."
The study of the care, management, and production of various swine species, including pigs.
Swine breeds: Knowledge of different swine breeds and their characteristics is important in selecting the right breed for production.
Reproduction and genetics: Understanding the reproductive processes of swine and the role of genetics in breeding programs is essential for producing high-quality piglets.
Gilt development: Knowledge of gilt development and management is critical for successful reproduction in swine production.
Feeding and nutrition: Knowing swine nutrition requirements and formulating feed is essential to producing healthy and thriving animals.
Housing and environment: Understanding appropriate housing systems and environment regulation is important for animal welfare and efficient production.
Health and disease management: Knowledge of common swine diseases and appropriate treatments is critical in maintaining and improving animal health.
Marketing and economics: Understanding the market trends and economic factors affecting swine production is crucial in making informed business decisions.
Record-keeping and data analysis: Efficient record-keeping and data analysis help in monitoring and improving production efficiency and profitability.
Waste management: Appropriate waste management practices reduce environmental impacts and comply with regulations in swine production.
Swine production regulations: Understanding the legal and regulatory frameworks governing swine production is necessary to comply with laws and ensure sustainability.
Farrow-to-Wean: This type of swine production focuses on breeding and farrowing sows, with the piglets being weaned at around three to four weeks of age.
Farrow-to-Finish: This type of swine production involves breeding sows, farrowing piglets, and raising them to market weight, which is usually around 250 to 300 pounds.
Nursery: This type of production involves raising young pigs to weaning age, which is usually around 21 days.
Growing-Finishing: In this type of production, the pigs are raised from weaning age to market weight.
Wean-to-Finish: This type of swine production starts with weaned piglets and ends with market-weight hogs.
Integrated: This type of swine production involves a combination of the above systems, such as farrow-to-finish and wean-to-finish.
Organic: This type of swine production involves raising pigs without the use of synthetic chemicals and antibiotics.
Free-Range: This type of swine production involves giving pigs access to the outdoors and fresh pasture.
Heritage Breeds: This type of swine production involves raising traditional breeds of pigs, which are often smaller and have unique characteristics.
- "Pigs are amenable to many different styles of farming: intensive commercial units, commercial free range enterprises, or extensive farming." - "Historically, farm pigs were kept in small numbers and were closely associated with the residence of the owner, or in the same village or town."
- "They were valued as a source of meat and fat, and for their ability to convert inedible food into meat and manure." - "Pigs have been farmed to dispose of municipal garbage on a large scale."
- "They were often fed household food waste when kept on a homestead."
- "Intensive farms are by far the most popular, due to their potential to raise a large amount of pigs in a very cost-efficient manner." - "In developed nations, commercial farms house thousands of pigs in climate-controlled buildings."
- "More than one billion pigs butchered each year worldwide."
- "100 million in the United States."
- "Pigs also supply skin, fat and other materials for use in clothing, ingredients for processed foods, cosmetics, and medical use."
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- "Farm pigs were kept in small numbers and were closely associated with the residence of the owner, or in the same village or town."
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- "Intensive farms are...popular, due to their potential to raise a large amount of pigs in a very cost-efficient manner."
- "Pigs have been farmed to dispose of municipal garbage on a large scale."
- "Commercial farms house thousands of pigs in climate-controlled buildings."
- "or in a village, town or city, or tethered in a simple shelter or kept in a pen outside the owner's house."
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- "e.g. pork: bacon, ham, gammon"
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