Crowds of brown, pink and black pigs milled Tuesday around the show barns at the Jefferson City Jaycees Cole County Fair, some oinking loudly, but most dozing in the muggy summer air as they waited ...

Show dogs have always been given a lot of attention — there have even been movies made about them — but dogs aren’t the only species to bring out their owners’ competitive side. “Pig Royalty” delves ...

Millions have been transfixed by videos of Karis Dadson, a California teenager who shows pigs at livestock competitions. She finds the whole thing very weird. Videos of Karis Dadson showing pigs have ...

With the windows rolled down and the sun on his face, Chad Rieck admits he was having a pretty good day driving down Interstate 80. He was pulling a trailer with four gilts, and one of those gilts was ...

Show pigs are purchased in late winter and cost from a few hundred dollars to well over $1,000. Every day, they have to be fed and groomed and exercised. Their pens get swept and filled with clean ...

A dream 20 years in the making is now a reality for the Curtis family. “It used to just be him with a few sows, then as I came on board, we’ve increased our hospitality and marketing and all of that, ...