When it comes to buying and eating meat, Chinese have a clear preference for pork, favoring it over beef, mutton and fish. However, few people pause to consider where their pork comes from, and even ...

Rising costs and diminishing returns bring new approach, Yang Wanli and Shi Baoyin report from Henan. China, the world's leading pork producer, is changing the way it raises pigs. Even a family pig ...

Domestic pigs reproduce through a breeding process that is closely managed on farms around the world. During mating, a male pig, known as a boar, mounts the female, called a sow, in a behavior driven ...

Chinese scientists have bred new high-quality pig strains, named Lansi pigs, an achievement to help reduce the country's heavy reliance on foreign pig breeds. The new pig strains, bred by a research ...

The pig-breeding business has started to gain popularity among big companies in China. The country's grain trading giant COFCO Group has stepped up its investment in pig-breeding, after Wuhan Iron & ...

In the quiet backyards of many rural communities, a small but important animal has sustained families for generations.