We just love everything about the Berkshire pig — so we decided we would raise a breeding pair and produce heritage-breed piglets. Berkshire pigs are gentle enough to pasture with other animals ...

“The Berkshire pig is a better pork chop, but a Tamworth is better for bacon and belly,” says Deihl. ... “If nobody wants these pigs, then the breed just fades away,” he says.

The smell of manure, kicked up dust and the sound of pigs grunting and squealing in the middle of the country is not where most choose to spend their downtime. Skip to content. Close.

For Wallace, it’s about breeding and raising happy, healthy and impressive Berkshire pigs. Living all her life in Trafalgar, the 16-year-old has always had feeder pigs in her backyard.

In the New York area, a restaurant’s cost for a pound of boneless loin might be $3 for the cheapest industrial hybrids, $7 to $8 for Berkshire pigs, and $10 to $12 for Mangalitsa. Retail cost ...

Rylee prepared her Berkshire to show in the minor breeds swine competition at the Muskogee Regional Junior Livestock Show. The minor breeds — Berk, Chester, Herefords, Poland, Spots and Yorks ...