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Breed of the Week!

It's a new week you know what time it is! Breed of the Week Time! This week Berkshire!

Berkshire pigs are a rare breed of pig originating from Britain. In New Zealand, it is estimated that there are now fewer than a hundred purebred sows.

In Britain, breeding is maintained by the Rare Breeds Survival Trust at Aldenham Country Park, Hertfordshire and the South of England Rare Breeds Centre in Kent. It is listed as 'vulnerable' as there are fewer than 300 breeding females.^[1] In the United States, the American Berkshire Association, established in 1875, pedigrees only hogs directly imported from established English herds, or hogs tracing directly back to such imported animals.^[2] The pig is also bred in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan, under the trademarked name Kagoshima Kurobuta (かごしま黒豚, lit. black pig)

Hog Wild!

As you may know Today is Super Bowl 45 and beginning at 6:29 Eastern Time on Fox Pigskins (Not Anymore) will be flying through the air! So be sure to watch Super Bowl 45!

Breed of the Week! Special Addition!

Because of all the demand for Breed of the Week we've decided to do a Special Addition. Todays American Landrace!

The American Landrace is a medium to large breed of domestic pig, white in color with long bodies, fine hair, long snouts, and heavy drooping ears. They are bred forpork production.

The American Landrace derives from the Danish Landrace of 1895 Danish origin. In the early 1930s the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) entered into an agreement with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Denmark for the purchase of 24 Danish Landrace to be used for swine research studies, with the stipulation that they would not be commercially propagated as a pure breed. Landrace were subsequently used in numerous comparisons with American breeds.

In 1949, upon USDA petition, Denmark released the United States from its breeding restrictions. The American Landrace Association was formed in 1950, and the American Landrace breed was established from outcrosses with Norwegian and Swedish breeding stock.

100's of Hogs!

To prove there are 100's of types of domestic hogs (Sus Scrofa Domesticas) we have a list from Wikipedia.

American Landrace American Yorkshire Angeln Saddleback Appalachian English (pig) Arapawa Island Australian Yorkshire Babi Kampung Ba Xuyen Bantu Bazna Beijing Black Belarus Black Pied Belgian Landrace Bengali Brown Shannaj Bentheim Black Pied Berkshire Black Slavonian Black Canarian Pig British Landrace British Lop British Saddleback Bulgarian White Cantonese Chester White Choctaw Hog Czech Improved White Danish Landrace Dermantsi Pied Dorset Gold Tip Duroc Dutch Landrace pig East Balkan pig Essex Estonian Bacon

Fengjing Finnish Landrance French Landrace Gascon pig German Landrace Gloucestershire Old Spots Grice Guinea Hog Hampshire Hante Hereford Hezuo Iron Age pig Iberian Italian Landrace Jersey Red Jinhua Kele Japanese Landrace Jeju Black Pig Korean native pig Krskopolje Kunekune Lacombe Large Black Large Black-white Large White Lithuanian Native pig Leicoma Lincolnshire curly-coated pig Mangalitsa Meishan Middle White Miniature pig

Minzhu Minokawa Buta Mong Cai Mukota Mora Romagnola Moura Mulefoot Neijiang Ningxiang Norwegian Landrace Norwegian Yorkshire Ossabaw Island Oxford Sandy and Black Philippine Native Piétrain Poland China Red Wattle Spots Surabaya Babi Swabian-Hall Swedish Landrace Taihu pig Tamworth Thuoc Nhieu Tibetan Tokyo-X Turopolje Vietnamese Potbelly Welsh Wessex Saddleback West French White Windsnyer Wuzishan Yanan

All-Around Sweepstakes Circuit Leader Board

The Following scores go through Novice to Senior and everything in between.

NOVICE SWEEPSTAKES CIRCUIT 10-11 (Year Born 2002-2009)
Rank	Name	State	SW	ER	SE	WR	WPX	NJSS	Total
1	Schafer, Lizzie	IL	0	85	100				185
2	Stoner, Allison	MD	0	50	70				120
3	Wendt, Riley	OH	0	0	90				90
4	Wendt, Ethan	OH	0	0	75				75
5	McConn, Chasten	PA	0	65	0				65
6	Guyer, Nalaney	IL	0	0	0				0
JUNIOR SWEEPSTAKES CIRCUIT 10-11 (Year Born 1998-2001)
Rank	Name	State	SW	ER	SE	WR	WPX	NJSS	Total
1	Fugate, Maddie	IL	90	95	100				285
2	Schafer, Eric	IL	100	100	75				275
3	Austin, Adrian	IL	95	85	0				180
4	Landry, Keri	LA	80	0	0				80
5	Mench, Megan	IN		0	60				60
6	Clapp, Travis	OK	50	0	0				50
6	Kelso, Karson	TX	50	0	0				50
6	Kelso, Kolton	TX	50	0	0				50
6	Landry, Hallie	LA	50	0	0				50
6	Wininger, Peyton	IN	0	0	50				50
11	Guyer, Asthin	IL	0	0	0				0
12	Harvey, Auburn	IN	0	0	0				0
INTERMEDIATE SWEEPSTAKES CIRCUIT 10-11(Year Born 1994-1997)
Rank	Name	State	SW	ER	SE	WR	WPX	NJSS	Total
1	Conley, Taylor	PA	16664	0	100	80				180
1	Hofschulte, Natalie	OK	74370	85	95	0				180
1	Lowes, Garrett	IN	46791	95	85	0				180
4	Stoner, Austin	MD	21787	0	50	55				105
5	Austin, Kane	IL	62864	100	0	0				100
5	Butler, Maddi	IN	47591	0	0	100				100
7	Hill, Peyton	TX	75173	90	0	0				90
8	Todd, Christine	IL	61732	0	0	70				70
9	Clapp, Casey Jo	OK	74354	50	0	0				50
9	George, Allison	AL	36024	0	0	50				50
9	George, Dillon	AL	36024	0	0	50				50
9	Herren, Regan	OK	73036	50	0	0				50
9	Mench, Morgan	IN	47384	0	0	50				50
14	Roberts, Emily	PA	16406	0	0	0				0
SENIOR SWEEPSTAKES CIRCUIT 10-11 (Year Born (1989-1993)
Rank	Name	State	SW	ER	SE	WR	WPX	NJSS	Total
1	Storer, Heather	OH	0	65	100				165
2	McCormick, Katherine	MD	0	85	70				155
3	Kelso, Konnie	TX	80	0	0				80
4	Roberts, Amanda	PA	0	0	0				0
4	Roberts, Brittany	PA	0	0	0				0

NJSA Show results.

Here are the results from the 2011 South-East Regional show in Perry,Georgia

2011 Southeast Regional Show Results

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Grand Champion Overall Barrow

Grand Champion Hampshire Barrow

1st Class 1
Shown by Austin James Royal, Ga.
CDO9 HE IS THE ONE 18-6 x WBL5 BOULDER 32-6

Reserve Champion Overall Barrow

Grand Champion Landrace Barrow

1st Class 1
Shown by Jessica Rinderer, Ill.
JMG8 PSSS ZEUS 40-8 x JMG7 GREEN TOP GENERAL 34-7

Grand Champion Overall Gilt

Grand Champion Hampshire Gilt

1st Class 4
Shown by Jenna Siegal, Ohio
JLM9 AFFIRMITIVE 4-1 x GBJG4 BIG BROTHER 36-2

Reserve Champion Overall Gilt

Grand Champion Landrace Gilt

1st Class 2
Shown by Tate Coulter, Ind.
SJM9 GRUS BIG SPLASH 1-6 x 1ACE2 ICY HOT 4-15

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Good show at Fort Worth!

Yesterday wrapped up the 2011 Fort Worth Stock Show Hog Show. This year was shocking for Texas seeing as all of the snow they got. A gigantic amount for them. But overall the Hog Show did well our correspondent Brad Hook is currently at the Stock Show and will be giving us updates.

First breed of the week!

Our first breed in breed of the week is the American Yorkshire.

The American Yorkshire pig is a breed of domestic pig. It is the American version of the Yorkshire pig (now usually known as the English Large White pig), white in color, with erect ears, and the most recorded swine breed in the United States.

The Yorkshire breed was developed in Yorkshire, England, circa 1761. In 1830 the first Yorkshires were imported to the United States, specifically to Ohio, but because of their slow growth rate they did not become popular until the late 1940s. At that time, many large Yorkshires were imported from Canada and England for their ruggedness and favored carcass. The breed then improved rapidly through selection.

Today Yorkshire pigs are found in nearly every American state, with highest populations in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Nebraska, andOhio. The modern Yorkshire is muscular with a high proportion of lean meat. Yorkshire data records have been maintained with great diligence, including growth, sow productivity, and backfat formation, representing the largest source of documented livestock performance records in the world.

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