MSU Swine Center Ranked Fourth Nationally

MSU Swine Center Ranked Fourth Nationally

EAST LANSING, Mich. — Michigan State University’s Swine Teaching and Research Center has been recognized for a third year in a row by the National Swine Registry as the fourth highest Yorkshire recorder in the country, and the highest among all land-grant universities, with 138 litters. For decades, MSU has been breeding Yorkshires, the most recorded breed of swine in the U.S. and Canada. Yorkshires, also known as the “Mother Breed,” provide a m…

MSU swine center ranked fourth nationally

One of the goals of the Yorkshire breeding program is to preserve the breed’s purebred genetics, improve its traits for commercial companies.