The nation's year-over-year swine breeding herd inventory is continuing to shrink, dropping another 2% in a recent USDA report. The U.S. Quarterly Hogs and Pigs Report, published by USDA's National ...

FREDERIKA, Iowa -Carl Blake's goal when he started raising pigs four years ago was to breed a great-tasting pig. If the response from high-end chefs from Chicago to San Francisco is any indication, he ...

Iowa continues to be the top producer of hogs in the United States by a landslide, outnumbering people by over seven to one. There are 23.6 million hogs in Iowa, compared with the state’s 3.2 million ...

Farmer Clay Trainum whistled at a group of young boars from a distance, urging them to greet him on a recent afternoon at Autumn Olive Farms on the outskirts of Waynesboro. “Come on, boys,” he ...

Wild hogs have taken over areas in Florida and North Carolina this spring, exploding to nearly three dozen states as part of a troubling decades-long uptick federal officials warn could ignite a ...

(WBIR - KNOX COUNTY) Rooting up crops. Carrying diseases. Breeding rapidly. They aren't a welcome guest. "There is nothing good about this animal," Scott Dykes said. As the Wild Hog Program ...

Feral hogs are invasive to Illinois and can harm the environment, human health and the economy, experts say. RON T. ENNIS Star-Telegram/Ron T. Ennis More than 6 million feral swine are present in the ...

Incredibly intelligent. Jaw-droppingly massive. Able to elude predators by burrowing for hours under the snow in freezing temperatures. They may sound villainous creatures in an apocalyptic movie, but ...