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Common Show and Market Hog Breeds
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- Berkshire Hogs: Breed ProfileA black English breed with white points, prized for flavor and a long history in the show ring.
- Chester White Hogs: Breed ProfileThe white hog developed in Pennsylvania.
- Crossbred Market Hogs Hogs: Breed ProfileThe typical market hog in most 4-H and FFA shows.
- Duroc Hogs: Breed ProfileThe red hog known for growth and meat quality.
- Hereford Hog Hogs: Breed ProfileA red hog with a white face, in the style of Hereford cattle.
- Landrace Hogs: Breed ProfileA long, white, lop-eared Danish hog prized for litters.
- Large White Hogs: Breed ProfileThe English Yorkshire by its European name.
- Pietrain Hogs: Breed ProfileA heavily muscled Belgian hog.
- Poland China Hogs: Breed ProfileA black hog with white points, developed in Ohio.
- Spotted Hogs: Breed ProfileA black-and-white spotted hog of American origin.
- Tamworth Hogs: Breed ProfileA ginger-red heritage hog with a long snout.
- Yorkshire Hogs: Breed ProfileThe white, upright-eared hog known for mothering and lean growth.
Heritage Swine Breeds
- Angeln Saddleback Hogs: Breed ProfileA German saddleback heritage pig.
- Bentheim Black Pied Hogs: Breed ProfileA German heritage pig with a spotted coat.
- Blonde Mangalitsa Hogs: Breed ProfileA Mangalitsa variety.
- British Lop Hogs: Breed ProfileA rare British white pig with lop ears.
- British Saddleback Hogs: Breed ProfileA black hog with a white belt over the shoulders.
- Chinese Lop-Eared Pig Hogs: Breed ProfileA Chinese pig.
- Choctaw Hog Hogs: Breed ProfileA rare heritage hog tied to Native American communities.
- Fengjing Hogs: Breed ProfileA Chinese pig breed from the Yangtze delta.
- Gloucestershire Old Spots Hogs: Breed ProfileA spotted English heritage hog known as the orchard pig.
- Guinea Hog Hogs: Breed ProfileA small, black homestead hog from the American South.
- Iberian Hogs: Breed ProfileThe Spanish pig behind jamón ibérico.
- Kunekune Hogs: Breed ProfileA small, friendly New Zealand pig with wattles.
- Lacombe Hogs: Breed ProfileA Canadian white swine breed.
- Large Black Hogs: Breed ProfileA black British heritage hog with drooping ears.
- Mangalitsa Hogs: Breed ProfileThe woolly Hungarian lard pig, loved by chefs and awkward in the market-hog ring.
- Meishan Hogs: Breed ProfileA wrinkled Chinese breed famous for huge litters.
- Middle White Hogs: Breed ProfileA short-faced white English heritage hog.
- Minzhu Hogs: Breed ProfileA Chinese pig breed from northeastern China.
- Mora Romagnola Hogs: Breed ProfileAn Italian heritage pig.
- Mulefoot Hogs: Breed ProfileA rare American hog with solid, uncloven hooves.
- Ossabaw Island Hog Hogs: Breed ProfileA rare feral hog from Georgia's Ossabaw Island.
- Red Mangalitsa Hogs: Breed ProfileA Mangalitsa variety.
- Red Wattle Hogs: Breed ProfileA red heritage hog with wattles hanging from the neck.
- Tibetan Pig Hogs: Breed ProfileA small black pig of the highlands.
- Ukrainian White Steppe Hogs: Breed ProfileA Ukrainian pig.
- Vietnamese Pot-Bellied Hogs: Breed ProfileA small Asian pig kept as a pet.