Some of the UK’s rare breeds of native pigs are increasingly under threat, with the ongoing crisis in the pig sector blamed for reducing British Landrace sow numbers to just 23. The Rare Breeds ...

The British Landrace pig breed, which was already in the RBST Watchlist’s most urgent ‘priority’ category, has seen a dramatic decline with just 23 dams producing pedigree progeny in 2022, down from ...

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Fears have been raised for the future of some of the UK's rarest native pig breeds in the wake of the wider crisis in the pork industry. The warning came from the Rare Breeds Survival Trust (RBST) as ...

According to livestock experts, there are over 100 breeds of pig in the world. However, in Kenya, farmers concentrate on four major breeds, which do well in the market. The breeds include the: Large ...

A Norfolk herd of a rare and threatened pig breed is growing - thanks to a surge in demand for the animals' meat during the pandemic. Vic Jenkins and her husband Richard Bloss run the Broadland Herd ...

There is a lot of confusion and misinformation about pig breeds in Uganda, some is deliberate and the other is out of ignorance. Some breeders give wrong information for purposes of business. Others ...

The future of the UK’s iconic native pig breeds is becoming increasingly insecure in the wake of the wider pig industry crisis, warns the Rare Breeds Survival Trust (RBST) as it publishes its new 2023 ...