He stressed it was important to distinguish between the area of the whole pen (the footprint) and the free area for the sow.

GETTYSBURG, S.D. — In a world where hog production is largely an indoor sport, one family of pork pros still plays the game like it was originally played — outdoors “We do it the old way,” says Dolan ...

Four German farming industry bodies are calling for the government to provide €200m a year in targeted support for producers ...

The government is planning to end the use of hen cages as part of a raft of proposals to improve animal welfare standards in England. The measures also include moving away from the use of pig ...

There is a lot of talk in the industry about “flexible farrowing” – systems that allow temporary confinement of pregnant and birthing sows – with those in favour seeing it as a positive welfare ...

This study investigated the effects of two factors, enriched environment (EE) and different crossbreeds, on the maternal behavior and physiology of Min-pig hybrid sows. The analysis was performed on a ...

Farrowing crates have traditionally been used to reduce occurrence of piglet mortality as a result of sow crushing. However the utilisation of traditional farrowing crates has been suggested to ...