hog farming
Raising swine commercially
Hog farming is the commercial raising of pigs for meat production.
The industry ranges from small family operations to large-scale concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs).
Hog farming dominates the rural economy in parts of Iowa and North Carolina.
The term often appears in discussions of agricultural policy, environmental impact, and animal welfare concerns.
- pigletYoung swine
- farrowingSow giving birth
- boarUndomesticated male swine
- sowImplant in earth
- slaughterhouseAnimal killing facility
bacon strips · ham hock · bringing home the bacon · waste lagoons · protein supplements · weaning · pig pen · breeding · feeders · gilt · export regulations · artificial insemination · integrator · waterers · pig slaughter · swine fever · odor control · snout
- Southern IowaLee County, Centerville, Leon, Bloomfield, Bonaparte
- American Farmingfamily farms, corn, wheat, hay, farmsteads
- primary industriesforestry, ranching, quarrying, aquaculture, lumbering
- pig farmingpigs, hogs, pork industry, sow, boar
- Midwest Economygrain elevators, farm equipment, John Deere, meatpacking, auto manufacturing
- Southern Economypoultry, lumber, forestry, soybeans, broiler chickens
hog farmingcattle ranching
Raising bovines commercially
poultry farming · sheep farming · dairy farming · beef production · goat farming
hog farmingcrop farming
Growing plants for harvest
vegetable farming · viticulture · wheat farming · corn farming · grain farming