{"id":10,"date":"2009-12-14T00:59:08","date_gmt":"2009-12-14T08:59:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ext100.wsu.edu\/wallawalla\/agriculture\/animals\/"},"modified":"2025-10-28T14:32:58","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T21:32:58","slug":"swine","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/wallawalla\/agriculture\/animals\/swine\/","title":{"rendered":"Swine"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wsu-row wsu-row--sidebar-right\" >\r\n    \n<div class=\"wsu-column\"  style=\"\">\r\n\t\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/porkgateway.org\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pork Information Gateway<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ansi.okstate.edu\/breeds\/swine\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Swine Breeds<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a title=\"Profitable Pork: Alternative Strategies for Pork Producers\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sare.org\/Learning-Center\/Bulletins\/Profitable-Pork\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Profitable Pork: Alternative Strategies for Pork Producers<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Some WSU Extension web sites provide links to external sites for the convenience of users. These external sites are not managed by the WSU Extension. Furthermore, WSU Extension does not review, control, or take responsibility for the content of these sites, nor do these sites implicitly or explicitly represent official positions and policies of WSU Extension.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"396\" height=\"481\" src=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/extension\/uploads\/sites\/73\/2019\/02\/Swine-2-1-396x481.jpg\" alt=\"Youth guiding a pig in an indoor livestock show with spectators and other participants in the background.\" class=\"wp-image-4390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/extension\/uploads\/sites\/73\/2019\/02\/Swine-2-1-396x481.jpg 396w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/extension\/uploads\/sites\/73\/2019\/02\/Swine-2-1-792x962.jpg 792w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/extension\/uploads\/sites\/73\/2019\/02\/Swine-2-1-768x933.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/extension\/uploads\/sites\/73\/2019\/02\/Swine-2-1-1264x1536.jpg 1264w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/extension\/uploads\/sites\/73\/2019\/02\/Swine-2-1-1685x2048.jpg 1685w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/extension\/uploads\/sites\/73\/2019\/02\/Swine-2-1.jpg 1789w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 396px) 100vw, 396px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<div class=\"wsu-container  wsu-max-width--xmedium\" >\r\n    \n<section  class=\"wsu-section wsu-spacing-top--medium wsu-border--add-top\"  >\r\n        \n<div class=\"program-contact \">\n\t\t\t<img\n\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/wallawalla\/wp-content\/plugins\/cahnrs-extension-plugin\/assets\/images\/ag.png\"\n\t\t\theight=\"75\"\n\t\t\twidth=\"75\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"extension-program-icon\"\n\t\t\talt=\"Program Icon.\"\n\t\t>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"program-contact-info\">\n\t\t<h2>Program Contact<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\tRachel Wieme, Extension Agronomist<br>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wsu-screen-reader-only\">Phone Number<\/span>509-524-2685\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wsu-screen-reader-only\">Email Address<\/span> \u2022\n\t\t\t<a href=\"mailto:rachel.wieme@wsu.edu\">rachel.wieme@wsu.edu<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n    <\/section>\n        <div id=\"cahnrs-back-to-top\" class=\"cahnrs-back-to-top\" hidden aria-hidden=\"true\">\n            <a id=\"cahnrs-back-to-top-btn\" class=\"cahnrs-back-to-top__btn\" href=\"#product-top\" aria-label=\"Back to top\">\n                <span class=\"cahnrs-back-to-top__icon\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\u2191<\/span>\n                <span class=\"cahnrs-back-to-top__label\">Back to top<\/span>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\r\n\n\n<div class=\"wsu-column\"  style=\"\">\r\n\t\n<section  class=\"wsu-section wsu-dropshadow--low wsu-spacing-before--none\"  >\r\n        \n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Quick Links<\/h2>\n\n\n    <nav class=\"wsu-navigation-vertical wsu-vertical-menu\">\n        <ul id=\"wsu-site-menu\" class=\"wsu-menu-collapse wsu-menu-collapse--style-vertical\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/wallawalla\/agriculture\/\">Agriculture<\/a><\/li>\n<li aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-haspopup=\"true\"><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/wallawalla\/agriculture\/ag-business\/\">Agricultural Business<\/a><button aria-label=\"{Open submenu Agricultural Business\" class=\"wsu-menu-collapse--action-toggle\"><\/button>\n<ul class=\"sub-menu\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/wallawalla\/agriculture\/ag-business\/marketing\/\">Marketing<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/wallawalla\/agriculture\/cereal-grain\/\">Dryland Crops<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/wallawalla\/agriculture\/farm-safety\/\">Farm Safety<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/wallawalla\/agriculture\/irrigation-water\/\">Irrigation &amp; 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