British Landrace
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British Landrace breed page
The versatile indoor/outdoor pig!
The British Landrace is a very versatile breed, performing well under either indoor or outdoor systems of management.
Sows have the ability to produce and rear large litters of piglets with very good daily gain and high lean meat content, in a superbly fleshed carcase, which is ideal for either fresh pork or bacon production.
Buyers Guide
The British Landrace is a breed that can offer the domestic meat producer and enthusiastic keeper a genuinely useful and enjoyable ownership proposition.
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Conservation
The British Landrace breed faces a severe risk of extinction as an independent pedigree breed urgent measures are needed to address the future of this native breed.
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Breed Standard
Thinking about buying a British Landrace? Find out more about the essential characteristics that define the breed.
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Breed History
The first Landrace pigs were imported into Britain from Sweden in 1949 (4 boars and 8 gilts) with other imports to follow from 1953 onwards, these came into Northern Ireland, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands.
The British Landrace Pig Society was formed to create a herd book for the first offspring born 1950, from the 1949 importation
New bloodlines were imported into England, Scotland and Northern Ireland from Norway in the 1980s and some new bloodlines into Northern Ireland from Finland and more recently from Norway.
Over 90% of hybrid gilt production in Western Europe and North America uses Landrace bloodlines as the foundation for the profitable production of quality pigmeat.
The British Pig Association (BPA) exists to conserve our rare breed pigs, promote our pedigree breeds and ensure breed longevity.