Nero Siciliano
The Nero Siciliano is a black pig from Sicily, especially linked with traditional extensive systems in hilly and wooded parts of the island. It is dark-coated, hardy, and associated with regional pork and cured products made from pigs that forage and grow more slowly than modern intensive lines. The breed's identity is tied to Sicilian landscape and husbandry, not simply to being black.
Nero Siciliano pigs need management suited to outdoor Mediterranean conditions: shade, water, secure range boundaries, and enough supplementary feed when natural forage is poor. Breeders and producers should pay attention to authentic stock, local product standards where they apply, and health controls for pigs kept on range. The breed can serve both food production and conservation goals, but only if records and replacement breeding protect the local population rather than treating any black pig as equivalent.
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
