Transitioning from conventional farrowing crates to flexible farrowing pens will bring many challenges, along with ...

Pig welfare expert Vivi Aarestrup Moustsen talks you through a survey in which experts assessed the ideal pen size for sows.

A team of Chinese researchers proposed a resting posture recognition method for piglets during the lactation period with ...

Pig producers and their staff who have already installed flexible farrowing systems – which offer extra space for the sow – say they prefer them to conventional crates. See also: What is the ...

Technology and Globalisation looks at a little-researched factor in pig farming: the libido of boars and the impact this has on sow fertility. Tshepo Teele of the Center of Agriculture and ...

Pig manure can be used as fertiliser in agriculture and fish ponds. When properly reared and bred, a sow (female pig) can give birth to up to 12 piglets and they can do this for up to two times a ...