NICOLETT, Minn. — While COVID-19 nudged many livestock producers into branded meat marketing, one family – the Comparts of Nicollet — have been at it for 20 years. Compart Family Farms Premium Duroc ...
A 400 kilogrammes Duroc boar, prized for its rapid growth and high-quality meat, is on display at the 18th National Agriculture Show running from June 18 to 27. A Duroc boar is a male pig of the Duroc ...
LONE TREE — Chad Yoder has enough on his plate with a full-time job as an animal health consultant, a sideline of raising Duroc pigs and a family that includes three boys under age 10. That’s why ...
According to livestock experts, there are over 100 breeds of pig in the world. However, in Kenya, farmers concentrate on four major breeds, which do well in the market. The breeds include the: Large ...
At a time when American farmers are striving mightily to recoup lost farm exports of grain, soybeans, cotton and other products, one central Illinois farm is making a unique contribution. It`s ...
If you like both whiskey and bacon, there's a dream pig being raised just for you. The Templeton Rye company in Iowa is feeding a generation of Duroc pigs a special diet that includes spent Templeton ...
AUSTIN — There's no place like Austin, Minn., in September for premier hog breeders. Premier pig buyers and sellers from a dozen different states flocked to the Mower County Fairgrounds last week for ...
Pig’s on pasture is possible. Our Duroc Pig’s are pastured from the time their weaned (approx. 6 week’s old), until there are taken to the processor. Their have been allot of 100% grass-fed Pig’s ...