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The term Landrace pig, or Landrace swine, refers to any of a group of standardized breeds of domestic pig, and in this context, the word "Landrace" is typically capitalized. The original breed by this name was the Danish Landrace pig , from which the others were derived through development and crossbreeding.
The American Landrace is a long, lean, white pig with 16 or 17 ribs. The head is long and narrow, the ears are large and heavy and hang forward close to the snout. The back is only slightly arched or is nearly flat. The side is even and well-fleshed and the ham is plump but not over-fat.
In 1978, the British Landrace Pig Society joined the National Pig Breeders' Association (now the British Pig Association). In the 1980s the breed was developed and its genetic base was expanded by the importation of new bloodlines from Norway and Finland. [1] These developments have made the British Landrace unique among other Landrace breeds. [1]
March 1 is National Pig Day, and as a resident in the No. 1 pork producing state in the country you're expected to be equipped with some knowledge. Happy National Pig Day! Here are five fun facts ...
In 1896 the Danish government drew up a national plan for pig production, under which the Large White x Jutland hybrid would become a new breed, the Danish Landrace. [ 3 ] : 587 A herd-book published in 1906 listed 126 boars born from 1893 to 1904; [ 3 ] : 587 some 60% of them were from Jutland , 21% from Fyn and 10% from Zealand .
Dutch Landrace sows are the bulk of the female stock for a standardized three-way cross, the Dutch Yorkshire pig, a 3/4 Large White (a.k.a. Yorkshire) and 1/4 Dutch Landrace mix, developed with "great stress on production detail", by the following breeding formula: Large White boar × (Large White boar × Dutch Landrace) sow. [1]
The earliest records of the breed are from the border of Cornwall and Devon, particularly the area around Tavistock. [3] It is possibly related to similar breeds found around the north-western fringes of Europe, namely the Welsh, with which it was for a period in the 1920s in a combined herd-book, and the Landrace pig breeds of Scandinavia.
The smaller Belgian Landrace is also raised in Italy, usually for fresh meat. [3]: 437 A genealogical herdbook was established in 1970, [6] and is kept by the Associazione Nazionale Allevatori Suini, the Italian national association of pig breeders. In 2007 there were 11,749 pigs registered; [3]: 438 at the end of 2012 the total was 5959. [7]