Despite claims, pastured pigs might not produce better pork. Elizabeth Hines dives into some Penn State Extension studies on ...

Developed in 2004 by the National Institute of Agrarian Innovation, this breed was created to meet the high demand for guinea pig meat across the nation. Guinea pigs have been central to the ...

Social media users adored the pigs in the viral clip, with one saying: "they are just like dogs and have the best personalities." ...

Possum is a Kune Kune pig, a popular breed of “fat pig” or “lard pig” originating in New Zealand. Kune Kune pigs are prized on small farms for multiple reasons. The first is their ...

Rare Breed Farmer Rowan Sims, at Ellingstring, near Masham. “We now have 19 breeding sows and gilts with around 100 pigs at any one time,” says Rowan. “We concentrate on rare breeds of Large ...

Our mission is to deliver unbiased, fact-based reporting that holds power to account and exposes the truth. Whether $5 or $50, every contribution counts. Peru on Thursday celebrated two decades ...

Guinea pigs are native to the Andes Mountains and are raised in Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador and Colombia, areas where the Inca Empire spread almost 500 years ago. There are more than 25 million guinea ...

“It is a precocious breed,” said Solórzano. Guinea pigs are native to the Andes Mountains and are raised in Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador and Colombia, areas where the Inca Empire spread almost 500 ...

Peru is celebrating two decades since the creation of a genetically modified breed of guinea pig, a rodent whose meat has formed a part of the diet of people in the Andean nation for thousands of ...

The genetically modified breed of guinea pig — known as cuy locally — is called “Peru.” It was created in 2004 at the National Institute of Agrarian Innovation, Juan Solórzano ...