Pig Breeds: the Good & Bad

Pros: reproductive efficiency, cleanness, meat flavor, color, and value

Cons: fatter carcasses, slower gains, and less efficient feed conversion compared to commodity pork production

Pros: lean muscle, high carcass quality, and mothering ability

Cons: thinner skin, easy bruising or bleeding, and boars of this breed are aggressive

Pros: good in many climates, good for crossbreeding, coloration, and fast and lean growth

Cons: very temperamental and can be aggressive unless well socialized

Pros: lean meat, excellent mothers, and long body

Cons: sensitive skin, better suited to commercial feed rations, and shows whip marks

Pros: docile and good for amateurs, good mothers, and longer fertility

Cons: root around in dirt, rather destructive, and poor eyesight

Pros: large frame, length of body, leanness, and muscle

Cons: risk of joint problems