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Do you plan to keep buying piglets and only raise then for butcher or do you want to have a couple to breed? If you just want to raise them up to slaughter weight then any breed would work. If you want to have a sow and boar I would pick a heritage breed that doesn't get as large as a more modern hog. The do better at raising their young than the hogs bred for factory farming and can be more friendly (not always though).
Do you plan to keep buying piglets and only raise then for butcher or do you want to have a couple to breed? If you just want to raise them up to slaughter weight then any breed would work. If you want to have a sow and boar I would pick a heritage breed that doesn't get as large as a more modern hog. The do better at raising their young than the hogs bred for factory farming and can be more friendly (not always though).