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

Just the other day, at lunch with seven of my 70-year-old undergrad college chums, I silently compared my life to theirs.

The latest edition of Pig Progress is now available online. This edition highlights how China’s pig industry has stablised, ...

Discover the stories of the mothers trapped inside different animal industries, and how you can help stand up for them this ...

“Even if these farms had any sense of hygiene, the pigs are still kept indoors, in sow stalls, farrowing crates and pens. It is completely unacceptable to treat any animal like this. “At a time when ...

Worth £61m, the partnership will include direct investment in flexible farrowing accommodation, the area where pigs are housed during the birthing process, providing extra space for sows and piglets.

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 ...

Providing more space for livestock – in the pig sector, for example, to expand to facilitate the switch from conventional farrowing crates to larger flexible systems – can also fall foul of local ...

Weaner pigs on a farm in Germany that is already working with ... Sweden, as well as non-EU member states Switzerland and Norway, already banned the use of farrowing crates. Good to mention in this ...

Some scientists are confident that organs from genetically modified pigs will one day be routinely transplanted into humans. But substantial ethical questions remain. Genetically modified ...