Similarly to how different cow breeds produce different qualities of beef, certain pig breeds produce better quality pork than others. Duroc is a common breed of pig that produces high quality, super ...

There’s a lot a researcher can learn, it turns out, from studying some cells from a common farm pig. Assembling the genome, or DNA letters, of a domestic Duroc pig named T.J. Tabasco and comparing it ...

The waiter behind the clean, well-lit bar takes his knife to the cured pig’s leg and expertly slices off thin cuts of delicious jamón ibérico before arranging them on a plate. It’s a quintessential ...

What can knowing the sequence of all the DNA in pigs tell us about human diseases? Plenty, says Lawrence Schook. He heads an international consortium to sequence the pig genome that is announcing its ...

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 ...

You see that kiddo up there? That’s Case Fischbacher. He’s 10, and his Duroc pig just won a ribbon at the State Fair of Texas. You know what else? I judged another food competition in the Creative ...

Monday’s Allen County 4-H Livestock Auction was a bit different from previous years – not as many animals, not as many record bids and not as many folks in the audience. Attribute all that to a switch ...