Similarly to how different cow breeds produce different qualities of beef, certain pig breeds produce better quality pork than others. Duroc is a common breed of pig that produces high quality, super ...

If you like both whiskey and bacon, there's a dream pig being raised just for you. The Templeton Rye company in Iowa is feeding a generation of Duroc pigs a special diet that includes spent Templeton ...

Adipose tissue is a crucial energy-regulating organ in mammals, responsible not only for storing excess energy but also participating in body ...

Templeton Rye Pork Project: Fatten Duroc pigs with mash Restaurant chefs from all over the country are expressing interest. Real whiskey drinkers would undoubtedly agree that some of their best ideas ...

Hog farmers don't talk about the "other white meat" anymore, but the emphasis on fast-growing, lean pigs reflected in that 1980s-era marketing campaign still dominates the industry. Packing companies ...

There’s a lot a researcher can learn, it turns out, from studying some cells from a common farm pig. Assembling the genome, or DNA letters, of a domestic Duroc pig named T.J. Tabasco and comparing it ...

An international group of scientists has decoded the DNA of the domestic pig, research that may one day prove useful in finding new treatments for both pigs and people, and perhaps aid in efforts for ...