Farmer's Weekly

Genetic and other factors to consider when breeding pigs

While I am encouraged by the number of young farmers who contact me for advice in respect of starting a small pig farming operation, unfortunately many of the farmers soon relinquish farming activities because they struggle to realise a profit when their first litters are ready for marketing.

Of all farmed animals in South Africa, pigs are probably the animals that require the most scientific knowledge if you wish to farm them profitably and functionally. While comparatively,

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