American Yorkshire

American Yorkshire
Conservation status
  • FAO (2007): not listed:126
  • DAD-IS (2022): not at risk
Country of originUnited States
Traits
  • Pig
  • Sus domesticus

The American Yorkshire is an American breed of large domestic pig. It is the most numerous pig breed in the United States.:14 It derives from pigs of the British Large White or Yorkshire breed imported from the United Kingdom or from Canada at various times from about 1830 to the mid-twentieth century.