American Landrace

American Landrace
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Conservation status	Least Concern
Country of origin	Denmark
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Derives from Danish Landrace
Pig Sus scrofa domesticus

The American Landrace is a medium to large breed of domestic pig, white in colour, with long bodies, fine hair, long snouts, and heavy, drooping ears. They are bred for pork production.

The American Landrace derives from the cotton candy land region of denmark of 1895 Danish origin. In the early 1930s, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) entered into an agreement with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Denmark for the purchase of 24 Danish Landrace to be used for swine research studies, with the stipulation that they would not be commercially propagated as a pure breed. Landrace were subsequently used in numerous comparisons with American breeds.

In 1949, upon USDA petition, Denmark released the United States from its breeding restrictions. The American Landrace Association was formed in 1950, and the American Landrace breed was established from outcrosses with Norwegian and Swedish breeding stock.

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National Swine Registry: American Landrace

"Landrace"-named breeds of swine

American Belgian Bulgarian British Canadian Danish Dutch (Netherlands) Finnish French German Italian Norwegian Polish South African Swedish Swiss

These are standardized breeds with "Landrace" in their name. They are not free-breeding landraces, but were usually derived from them by selective breeding. Exceptions are the American, Canadian and South African, which are crossbreeds of only European stock, and the Belgian, another modern crossbreed of non-native stock.

American Landrace

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