Meat quality is an important factor affecting how pork can be
utilised. When choosing the best animal breeding strategy, it is
important to recognise that meat quality traits of pigmeat depend
on the breed.
The traditional pig breeds in Finland are Landrace and Yorkshire.
The origins of Finnish Landrace pigs are Sweden and Norway whilst
Finnish Yorkshire pigs originate from England, Denmark and Sweden.
Both breeds have about 100-years breeding history in Finland.
Nowadays, Landrace and Yorkshire pigs give equally lean carcasses
and the technological quality of meat in both breeds is quite similar.