On a farm in the southern US state of Virginia, David Ayares and his research teams are breeding genetically modified pigs to transplant their organs into human patients. Dave Ayares, President ...

Farmers ought to understand the different breeds before engaging in pig farming. Often, the survivability and output of pigs depend on the breed, nutrition as well as the environment they are ...

Breeds with floppy ‘lop’ ears ... with the Government’s animal health agency and all movements of pigs on and off farms or smallholdings have to be recorded. Click here for more information.

It took thousands of years to develop the world's extraordinary range of domesticated farm animals - an estimated 8,800 livestock breeds across 38 ...