pig raising
Farming porcine livestock
Pig raising is the practice of breeding and caring for pigs, typically for meat production.
The term emphasizes the hands-on work of animal husbandry rather than industrial-scale operations: My grandfather made his living from pig raising in rural Iowa.
Also called pig farming or swine husbandry.
- swineDomestic porcine animals
- hogsPigs, or monopolizes
- sowImplant in earth
- boarUndomesticated male swine
- farrowSow's young, collectively
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agricultural activity type
pig raisingcattle ranching
Raising bovines commercially
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