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pig farming
Sign in to saveAlso known as hog farming, pigging, hogging, pig husbandry, hog husbandry
raising and breeding of domestic pigs
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Within Vinony's link graph, pig farming is referenced by 625 other articles, and connects out to pig, animal husbandry and agribusiness.
It is catalogued under the topic Pig farming.
Its subject is documented across 39 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- 1 china mainland
- 310.4 ( 36.5%)
- 2 european union
- 143.1 ( 16.83%)
- 3 united states
- 78.7 ( 9.26%)
- 4 brazil
- 40.6 ( 4.77%)
- 5 russia
- 23.7 ( 2.79%)
- 6 myanmar
- 21.6 ( 2.54%)
- 7 vietnam
- 19.6 ( 2.31%)
- 8 mexico
- 18.4 ( 2.16%)
- 9 canada
- 14.1 ( 1.66%)
- 10 philippines
- 12.7 ( 1.49%)
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- animal husbandry
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- Commons category
- Pig husbandry
- topic's main category
- Category:Pig farming
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Encyclopedic overview
Large White piglets on a farm A Large White sow suckling her piglets Interior of pig farm at Bjärka-Säby Castle, Sweden, 1911
Pig farming, pork farming, pig production or hog farming is the raising and breeding of domestic pigs as livestock, and is a branch of animal husbandry. Pigs are farmed principally for food (e.g. pork: bacon, ham, gammon) and skins.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “pig farming” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.