Giving Duroc boars taxifolin, an antioxidant and anti-tumor drug, has been found to increase their sperm quality. According to research published in the journal Frontiers in Microbiology, scientists ...

AMES, Iowa – It works out to over $200 a pound. A champion Duroc boar born on Iowa State University’s swine teaching farm and raised by animal science students sold for $85,000 at an auction on ...

Wang et al. first replicate our analysis by using 1,301 olfactory receptor genes from Duroc pig as queries against the Tibetan wild boar genome and obtain the same result of olfactory receptor gene ...

AUSTIN, Minn. — An Iowa boar was the top-selling hog at the 69th annual National Barrow Show, which concluded Wednesday at the Mower County Fairgrounds in Austin. Greg Krahn, formerly swine teaching ...

DES MOINES — Duroc, Hampshire, Landrace, Yorkshire and crossbred sales conducted at the recent World Pork Expo in Des Moines netted more than $400,000. Dean Compart, Nicollet, Minn., judged the Duroc ...

MITCHELL | Leland and Barb Meitner’s farrow to finishing operation has unique qualities not seen in most Mitchell County swine operations. The Meitners, who farm north of Mitchell, maintain a farrow ...