Pigs were first domesticated 5,000 - 9,000 years ago in the Middle East (Mesopotamia). Pigs were utilized more in settled farming communities than in nomadic groups because they are difficult to move for long distances.



Canadian Pork Council
http://www.canpork.ca/

Canadian Pork Environmental Code of Practices
http://www.canpork.ca/codes.html

Carrolls Foods.com
http://www.carrollsfoods.com/

Clean Water Act Compliance Audit Program for Pork Producers
http://es.epa.gov/oeca/ore/porkcap/

Cover-All Building Systems
http://www.coverall.net/

Economics of Animal Waste Management
http://www2.ncsu.edu/unity/lockers/users/k/kzering/wefering/animalwaste.html

Hoop Structures for Swine
http://www.abe.iastate.edu/hoop_structures/

Manure Resource Facts
http://www.nppc.org/PROD/EnvironmentalSection/manurefacts.html

Minnesota Pork Producers Association
http://www.mnpork.com/

National Pork Board
http://www.porkboard.org/indexNPB.html

National Pork Producers Council
http://www.nppc.org/

Nebraska Pork Central
http://www.ianr.unl.edu/porkctr/

Prairie Swine Center
http://adminsrv.usask.ca/psci/

Purdue Pork Page
http://www.anr.ces.purdue.edu/anr/anr/swine/porkpage.htm

Saskatchewan Agriculture and Food - Livestock - Pork
http://www.agr.gov.sk.ca/Livestock/Pork.asp?firstpick=Livestock&secondpick=Pork

University of Nebraska, Lincoln - Swine Manure Management System http://www.ianr.unl.edu/pubs/wastemgt/g531.htm

University of North Carolina - CH Hog Site
http://checc.sph.unc.edu/rooms/library/hogpage/hogsite.htm

Welcome to Ontario Pork
http://www.ontariopork.on.ca/default.htm