Pig Artificial Insemination: Timing, Technique, and Where It Fails
Pig artificial insemination is the practice of depositing boar semen in the female’s reproductive tract by hand rather than through natural mating, and it is the dominant breeding method on U.S. commercial farms. Most failures trace to three things…
Commercial Pig Breeding Cycle: Days, Intervals, and Where Schedules Slip
The commercial pig breeding cycle is a repeating sequence of four intervals—service, gestation, lactation, and return to estrus—and the length of that sequence, not the size of any single litter, determines how many pigs a sow farm produces in a year.…
Pig Breeding Reproduction: Farrowing, Genetics & AI Guide (2026)
TL;DR – Executive Summary Introduction to Pig Breeding Reproduction Pig breeding and reproduction encompass all practices involved in mating pigs, managing pregnancy, and raising healthy litters—from selecting breeding stock to weaning piglets. For…