The American Landrace pig is a domestic pig that is of Danish Landrace decent. They are breed and kept all across the United States.
The standard weight of a American landrace is 275 for the female and 325 for the male with varying difference in the male
Distinguish between swine breeds: Look at main colors --> pigs are white, black and red Both have white hair and pink skin but >> American Landrace (Large body, snout and floppy ears (slanted forward parallel to head) >> Chester White (Short body, snout and floppy ears) Also American Landrace has a large litter, and Chester is smaller, why that is important with immediate identification, really does not matter, but I guess it is a fun fact.
The short answer is alot the long one is what is written below for more information check out this website http://www.ansi.okstate.edu/breeds/swine/ American Landrace American Yorkshire Angeln Saddleback Arapawa Island Ba Xuyen Bantu Bazna Beijing Black Belarus Black Pied Belgian Landrace Bentheim Black Pied Berkshire Black Slavonian British Landrace British Lop Bulgarian White Cantonese Chester White Czech Improved White Danish Landrace Dermantsi Pied Duroc Dutch Landrace Fengjing Finnish Landrace French Landrace German Landrace Gloucestershire Old Spots Guinea Hog Hampshire Hereford Hezuo Iberian Italian Landrace Jinhua Kele Krskopolje Kunekune Lacombe Large Black Large Black-white Large White Lithuanian Native Mangalitsa Meishan Middle White Minzhu Mong Cai Mukota Mora Romagnola Moura Mulefoot Neijiang Ningxiang Norwegian Landrace Ossabaw Island Oxford Sandy and Black Philippine Native Pietrain Poland China Red Wattle Saddleback Spots Swabian-Hall Swedish Landrace Tamworth Thuoc Nhieu Tibetan Turopolje Vietnamese Potbelly Welsh Wuzhishan
American Landrace, American Yorkshire, Angeln Saddleback, Arapawa Island, Ba Xuyen, Bantu, Banza, Beijing Black, Belarus Black Pied, Belgian Landrace, Bentheim Black Pied, Berkshire, Black Slavonian, British Landrace, British Lop, Bulgarian White, Cantonese, Chester White, Czech Improved White, Danish Landrace, Dermantsi Pied, Duroc, Dutch Landrace, Fengjing, Finnish Landrace, French Landrace, German Landrace, Gloucestershire Old Spot, Guinea Hog, Hampshire, Hereford, Hezuo, Iberian, Italian Landrace, Jinhua, Kele, Krskopolje, Kunekune, Lacombe, Large Black, Large Black-white, Large White, Lithuanian Native, Mangalitsa, Meishan, Middle White, Minzhu, Mong Cai, Mukota, Mora, Romagnola, Moura, Mulefoot, Neijiang, Ningxiang, Norwegian Landrace, Ossabaw Island, Oxford Sandy and Black, Philippine Native, Pietrain, Poland China, Red Wattle, Saddleback, Spots, Swabian-Hall Swine, Swedish Landrace, Swallow Belied Mangalitza, Tamworth, Thuoc Nhieu, Tibetan, Turopolje, Vietnamese Potbelly, Welsh, Wuzhishan
pigs do not, although wild boars and warthogs do.
they have large fluffy ears
American Landrace pigs eat several types of foods. Many of them will eat some mix of grain like barley, corn, sorghum and wheat. They also eat fresh produce of all kinds. They may even eat dairy products like yogurt and milk.
The first Danish Landrace pig herd was established in Denmark in 1896. The first testing for descendants took place in 1907.
The standard weight of a American landrace is 275 for the female and 325 for the male with varying difference in the male
Yorkshire, Berkshire, Chester White, Duroc, American Landrace, Hampshire, Poland China, Spots, Dutch Landrace, Tamworth
Distinguish between swine breeds: Look at main colors --> pigs are white, black and red Both have white hair and pink skin but >> American Landrace (Large body, snout and floppy ears (slanted forward parallel to head) >> Chester White (Short body, snout and floppy ears) Also American Landrace has a large litter, and Chester is smaller, why that is important with immediate identification, really does not matter, but I guess it is a fun fact.
The common breeds in the US are listed as follows: Yorkshire Duroc hampshire Landrace Chester White Berkshire Poland China Spots There are many other breeds of pigs in other countries and I suspect I have missed a few on my list too.
Guinea Pigs naturally live in the South American Andes.
The short answer is alot the long one is what is written below for more information check out this website http://www.ansi.okstate.edu/breeds/swine/ American Landrace American Yorkshire Angeln Saddleback Arapawa Island Ba Xuyen Bantu Bazna Beijing Black Belarus Black Pied Belgian Landrace Bentheim Black Pied Berkshire Black Slavonian British Landrace British Lop Bulgarian White Cantonese Chester White Czech Improved White Danish Landrace Dermantsi Pied Duroc Dutch Landrace Fengjing Finnish Landrace French Landrace German Landrace Gloucestershire Old Spots Guinea Hog Hampshire Hereford Hezuo Iberian Italian Landrace Jinhua Kele Krskopolje Kunekune Lacombe Large Black Large Black-white Large White Lithuanian Native Mangalitsa Meishan Middle White Minzhu Mong Cai Mukota Mora Romagnola Moura Mulefoot Neijiang Ningxiang Norwegian Landrace Ossabaw Island Oxford Sandy and Black Philippine Native Pietrain Poland China Red Wattle Saddleback Spots Swabian-Hall Swedish Landrace Tamworth Thuoc Nhieu Tibetan Turopolje Vietnamese Potbelly Welsh Wuzhishan
American Landrace, American Yorkshire, Angeln Saddleback, Arapawa Island, Ba Xuyen, Bantu, Banza, Beijing Black, Belarus Black Pied, Belgian Landrace, Bentheim Black Pied, Berkshire, Black Slavonian, British Landrace, British Lop, Bulgarian White, Cantonese, Chester White, Czech Improved White, Danish Landrace, Dermantsi Pied, Duroc, Dutch Landrace, Fengjing, Finnish Landrace, French Landrace, German Landrace, Gloucestershire Old Spot, Guinea Hog, Hampshire, Hereford, Hezuo, Iberian, Italian Landrace, Jinhua, Kele, Krskopolje, Kunekune, Lacombe, Large Black, Large Black-white, Large White, Lithuanian Native, Mangalitsa, Meishan, Middle White, Minzhu, Mong Cai, Mukota, Mora, Romagnola, Moura, Mulefoot, Neijiang, Ningxiang, Norwegian Landrace, Ossabaw Island, Oxford Sandy and Black, Philippine Native, Pietrain, Poland China, Red Wattle, Saddleback, Spots, Swabian-Hall Swine, Swedish Landrace, Swallow Belied Mangalitza, Tamworth, Thuoc Nhieu, Tibetan, Turopolje, Vietnamese Potbelly, Welsh, Wuzhishan
Landrace is defined as a local variety of domesticated plant species or animal species. Landrace have adapted to the natural and cultural environment of the area where the plant or animal lives.
pigs do not, although wild boars and warthogs do.