(2000) Leaner Pork for a Healthier America: Looking Back on the Northeast Iowa Swine Testing Station by William Colgan Page, 2000. Iowa State University
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Abstract
This booklet tells how the Northeast Iowa Swine Testing Station at New Hampton, Iowa, contributed to this recent chapter in the history of agriculture. Established in 1960, this station, along with five others in Iowa and a few scattered around the nation, helped to produce leaner hogs by providing farmers with objective data on gain, efficiency, and meatiness for tested boars of all breeds. This scientific data significantly aided pork producers to improve their herds by identifying those animals that possessed the most desirable genes for breeding.
| Item Type: | Departmental Report |
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| Keywords: | beef, pork, farming, farms, cattle, hogs, markets |
| Subjects: | Agriculture and food production Agriculture and food production > Farmlands Agriculture and food production > Livestock Business and industry |
| ID Code: | 48524 |
| Deposited By: | Margaret Barr |
| Deposited On: | 09 Apr 2024 16:22 |
| Last Modified: | 09 Apr 2024 16:22 |
| URI: | https://publications.iowa.gov/id/eprint/48524 |