Male pigs are CASTRATED. They are not wasted. They also taste VERY good. If male chickens are butchered before they are 4 months old, they also taste very good and are not wasted.
That is wasted $$$ and meat. It doesn't make sense to cull them as castration is extremely simple on a 4 day old piglet and not cost prohibitive. I raised hogs for a few years and castrated the males myself. I even left a couple intact and had them butchered at 6 months of age. The meat did not taste any different than the females or castrated ones.
Male pigs are CASTRATED. They are not wasted. They also taste VERY good. If male chickens are butchered before they are 4 months old, they also taste very good and are not wasted.
Maybe not all producers cull them, but the companies in my state that produce piglets do cull the males.
That is wasted $$$ and meat. It doesn't make sense to cull them as castration is extremely simple on a 4 day old piglet and not cost prohibitive. I raised hogs for a few years and castrated the males myself. I even left a couple intact and had them butchered at 6 months of age. The meat did not taste any different than the females or castrated ones.
Roast suckling piglets are a thing.