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Tag: swine statistics and historical information

Posted on August 29, 2019August 29, 2019

Pork Fact Book 2002-2003: History of the Pig and the U.S. Pork Industry

The pig dates back 40 million years to fossils, which indicate that wild pig-like animals roamed forests and swamps in Europe and Asia. By 4900 B.C. pigs were domesticated in China, and were being raised in Europe by 1500 B.C.

On the insistence of Queen Isabella, Christopher Columbus took eight pigs on his voyage to Cuba in 1493. But it …

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