Proud mother Miep the Meishan pig stands with her new adorable new brood - the first ... Owner Linda McDonald-Brown hopes to see more of the cute piglets after her sow Miep gave birth to seven girls ...

The sow, known only by its ear tag P1818, is the product of more than 10 years' specialist breeding by a pig genetics company. She is the result of crossing a Meishan, a particularly prolific ...

We stop to visit Rutabaga, a sow that’s expected to birth ... s “maternity ward” with Winston, a Meishan piglet More than a financial boon, the pigs helped Rodgers rediscover a lost feeling ...

"In a commercial farm, it doesn't matter if you use two different boars during a sow's heat ... underway on imported breeds. China's Meishan pig is renowned for its large litters, but it and ...

The Meishan pig, one of the world’s oldest domesticated breeds and critically endangered, has found a true home in the Roaring Fork Valley. Meishan pig breeder Nick Costello began working with the ...

And on a recent visit, I saw one beautiful guinea hen, as well. The Meishan is one of the oldest domesticated breeds of pigs in the world and is part of the Taihu group of Chinese pigs ...

She is also one of the only American breeders of the of the Meishan pig, an animal originally from China and one of the oldest domesticated pig breeds in the world. The Meishan pig is one of the ...

“One key measure is the number of pigs weaned a sow a year.” The Danish sector is achieving 28.8, compared with 23.9 for the UK indoor herd. “UK performance is good, but problem is that the ...

THE GIRL, GRACE, WILL BE SAD TO SAY GOODBYE AS THEY HEAD TO HOG HEAVEN, BUT THAT’S FARM LIVING A rare breed of pig made its debut at the Lebanon Area Fair.It was the first time Meishan pigs have ...

using the latest products of its genetic selection of breeding animals – including a sow it calls the Meidam, which includes the best traits of the hyper-prolific Meishan pig, from China.