pork production
Raising swine commercially
Pork production is the raising of pigs for meat, encompassing breeding, feeding, and slaughter operations.
The term appears in agricultural policy, trade discussions, and food industry contexts: Pork production has shifted toward large-scale confined operations.
It also covers the economic sector built around this activity: China leads the world in pork production.
- hog farmingCommercial swine husbandry
- farrowingSow giving birth
- hybrid vigorEnhanced traits from crossbreeding
- biosecurityProtection against biological threats
- pig farmingLivestock cultivation for pork
cold storage · artificial insemination · rendering · genetic selection · traceability systems · intensive farming · butchery · abattoir · meat curing · bacon strip · swine fever · livestock · fattening · meat processing · crossbreeding · piglet · breeding stock · ham
pork productioncattle ranching
Raising bovines commercially
beef production · poultry farming · sheep farming · dairy farming · goat farming
pork productioncrop farming
Growing plants for harvest
vegetable farming · grain production · wheat farming · corn production · fruit orchards