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'20 Pork Masters: Success breeds more success
2020-05-12 16:03:00| National Hog Farmer
After 50-plus years in swine breeding, premium pork production, Everett Forkner says it's about positivity, good people.
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UK witnesses over 5 percent decline in some its rarest pig breeds
2020-04-16 11:45:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
Native breeds are an integral part of both wild and domestic ecosystems in the UK and can bring new levels of environmental, economic and cultural benefit to agriculture and to rural communities. This is why it is so essential to track their numbers and preserve their genetic lines.
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British startup breeds high performance bugs for animal feed
2019-02-20 11:50:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
A Reuters report investigates the growing interest in insect protein and how one startup is capitalising on this trend.
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Uganda pork producers to benefit from improved pig breeds
2018-06-26 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
Uganda is one of the best pork consuming countries in Africa; it has per capita consumption estimated at more than 3.4kg per person per year according to FAO estimates of 2011 and is the highest in the region.
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Threat of extinction for British native pig breeds
2018-04-18 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
The Rare Breeds Survival Trust has issued its updated watchlist for 2018-19, with the British Landrace, British Lop, Large Black and Middle White continuing to feature top of the list.
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