SWINE
SWINE
The 4-H swine project helps you learn about swine breeds, health care, production, management, showmanship, marketing and careers in the swine industry. Learn principles of animal science and gain life skills, like responsibility, by owning, caring for and keeping records on one or more head of livestock. Gain knowledge of sound breeding, feeding and management practices. Learn nutritive value of swine products and promote their use.
What can you Learn?
- Learn breed names and descriptions
- Identify swine anatomy
- Plan a facility to keep swine safe and healthy
- Learn how to feed and water your pig
- Identify how a healthy pig looks and acts
- Name and identify pork meat cuts
- Discover pork by-products
- Prepare to show your swine at the fair
Swine Guidebook
- Shop 4-H: Swine Curriculum
- The Incredible Pig (08065)
- Going Whole Hog (08066)
- Putting the Oink in Pig (08067)
- Swine Helper’s Guide (08068)
- Exploring Swine Health and Husbandry (08456)
Contact Us
Wyoming 4-H
College of Agriculture, Life Sciences & Natural Resources
Room 112
1000 E. University Ave
Laramie, WY 82071
Dept. 3354
Email: 4h@uwyo.edu
Phone: (307) 766-5170

The University of Wyoming has earned its Research Level 1 (R1) status from the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education, placing Wyoming’s only four-year university in the rarefied air of the top research universities in the United States.