Dutch Landrace
The Dutch Landrace is a white Landrace-type pig developed in the Netherlands from native pigs and imported European Landrace breeding, especially strains selected for bacon carcasses and maternal performance. It has the familiar long body, fine white hair, and large lop ears of Landrace pigs, with a frame suited to producing lean pork efficiently. In modern breeding programs, Dutch Landrace genetics are often blended into commercial maternal lines rather than kept as a farmyard show breed.
Farm use centers on sows and crossbred females that farrow good-sized litters and produce market pigs when mated to terminal boars such as Duroc, Pietrain, or Hampshire-type lines. The breed fits controlled indoor housing and sheltered outdoor systems where nutrition, farrowing supervision, and herd-health planning are consistent. White skin can burn in exposed pasture, and very lean pigs may need careful energy feeding in cold weather. Buyers should check whether animals are registered Dutch Landrace, Dutch-derived commercial hybrids, or local Landrace crosses.
Colors: Belted, Black, Black and White, Blonde, Brown, Cream, Ginger, Ginger and Black, Pied, Red, Red and Black, Sandy, Solid Black, Solid White, Spotted, Swallow Belly, White
