AG Midterm

Mature male

Boar

Mature female

Sow

Young male

Boar piglet

Young female

Gilt piglet

Castrated male

Barrow

Newborn

Piglet

Gestation length

3 months; 3 weeks; 3 days

Iron shot

Needed to treat anemia

Needle teeth

Sharp teeth cut at birth to prevent damage to the sow

Ear notching

Form of identification

Weaning age

6 weeks

Market age

6 months

Number of litters per year

2

Average litter size

9

Age at first farrowing

1 year

Farrowing crate

Safe place to give birth

Chester white

White with droopy ears

Hampshire

Black with white belt across shoulder; erect ears

Duroc

Red with droopy ears

Berkshire

Black with 6 white points; erect ears

Poland china

Black with 6 white points; droopy ears

FFA motto

Learning to do, doing to learn, earning to live, living to serve

Landrace

White with large droopy ears