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Pigs of Royalty: Arkansas is raising this noble species of swine!

January 03, 2025 02:43 PM • 
RFD-TV News Staff, Currey McCullough

Queen Victoria was a patron of the swine species, Berkshire pigs, and the meat was preserved just for nobility. The tradition would then get passed down to Queen Elizabeth.

Arkansas Farm Bureau takes us to Pleasant Valley Farms, where they are growing this heritage breed of swine.

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