Uncertainty remains about potential new farrowing system regulations requiring the industry to switch from conventional to flexible farrowing systems.

But the pigs’ lives will still suck ... It still allows the use of farrowing crates, cages similar to gestation crates that confine sows and their nursing piglets for a few weeks after birth.

However, the UK pig industry is taking a proactive ... five to 10 years to make the transition from conventional crates to flexible farrowing systems. Of those who would exit, half believed ...