It’s All In The Family
Certified Premium Compart Duroc™ pork isn’t just Duroc—it’s the best of the best. While the Duroc breed is already known for its superior meat quality, Compart Family Farms™ has spent decades refining and improving it. Through our carefully managed breeding program, we’ve developed Compart Duroc lines with up to twice the marbling of standard Duroc pork, creating a richer, juicier, and more flavorful pork.
Registered Compart Duroc™ hogs are bred, born, and raised on small farms where our family members are involved in the day-to-day care of their stock. Since 1949, we’ve meticulously selected and tested the purest Duroc lines, ensuring that every Compart Duroc hog meets our high standards of quality, consistency, and flavor.
The Duroc Breed
Durocs are red pigs with drooping ears. They are the second most recorded breed of swine in the US today and a major breed in many other countries. They can range from a very light golden, almost yellow color, to a very dark red color that approaches mahogany. The history of the Duroc breed dates back to Columbus bringing red hogs to America on his second voyage. DeSoto also brought red hogs to this country, presumed to have come from Spain and Portugal.
In 1823, a red boar from a litter of ten whose parents were believed to be imported from England, was obtained by Isaac Frink of Saratoga County, New York, from Harry Kelsey. Kelsey owned a famous trotting stallion, Duroc, and Frink named his red boar in honor of the horse. This boar was known for his smoothness and carcass quality.
At the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair, Durocs gained wide popularity at the first successful Duroc Hog Show. This was only the beginning of the Duroc popularity and success, which continues today. The first organization for the purpose of recording, improving, and promoting red hogs was the American Duroc-Jersey Association, which was established in 1883. In 1934, that organization became known as the United Duroc Swine Registry, for the purpose of recording and promoting the breed.
Nutrition
Compart Family Farms™ has a strong commitment to testing and performance documentation. The Compart family has invested into research facilities where over 100,000 pigs were tested the past 15 years. These research tests were designed to figure out the very best feed natural ingredients to feed the animals to maximize the genetic potential they have been bred for.
All pigs utilized in the Compart Family Farms Compart Duroc sired meat program are of the same genetic makeup, and fed the same proprietary ration throughout growing and finishing phases. This combination reduces the variability routinely found in the pork industry today. This information is essential in the formulation of the feeds that are utilized by all farms involved with the Compart Family Farms™ Compart Duroc sired program.
What this means to the consumer is, the most uniform product with all natural premium eating characteristics.