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American landrace hogs #8516664
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beaverpeeler Offline OP
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Anybody raise them? Great hog, extra long as it has an extra rib. For a long time the Danes had a law prohibiting the exportation to the Americas of any purebred Landrace stock to protect their export pork markets here.

In the other pig thread I incorrectly remembered the breed as" Lancaster". I'm wearing my old age poorly I guess.


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Re: American landrace hogs [Re: beaverpeeler] #8516680
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Can remember my uncle having some back in the 70's but don't think they were real popular at least in this area.

Re: American landrace hogs [Re: beaverpeeler] #8516684
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From what I remember, they're a "leaner" pig, the longer loin is used a lot in canadian type bacon....

Re: American landrace hogs [Re: beaverpeeler] #8516733
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We used to cross landrace boars on hamp sows. Got ‘blue butts’ or at least that’s what we called them. Great hogs.


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Re: American landrace hogs [Re: beaverpeeler] #8516747
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yorkshire and hampshire crosses what we called blue butts

Re: American landrace hogs [Re: beaverpeeler] #8516748
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always heard of landraces as bacon hogs cause they are longer - never messed with them
we are raising hereford berkshire crosses now. raised durocs, yorkshires, hamps, berks, spots and crosses

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