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Sow Stalls Ban: Concerns Across EU
2013-01-07 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
EU - New EU requirements for the protection of pigs, introducing a ban on the use of individual stalls for pregnant sows and gilts as of 1 January 2013, have already improved the lives of millions of animals across the EU, according to a welfare campaigning group.
Developing New Tools to Assist in Sow Housing Conversion
2013-01-03 19:29:00| National Hog Farmer
Source: Farmscape The University of Manitoba is developing new tools to help pork producers plan the switch from stall housing to group housing of gestating sows to design the system that will best work in their barns, according to a report from Farmscape of Canada. Also working in partnership on the project are the Manitoba Pork Council and the Manitoba Rural Adaptation Council, to assist pork producers in planning the change that will best fit their management systems. read more
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Smithfield Progresses in Switch to Group Sow Housing
2013-01-03 16:30:00| National Hog Farmer
Joe Vansickle Back in 2007, Smithfield Foods committed to a 10-year timeline to switch sow housing from stalls to group housing. Today it reported that as of the end of 2012, it had completed the transition of 38% of pregnant sows on its company-owned farms in the United States. The Smithfield-VA-based firm says it remains on track to complete the conversion to group housing on all company-owned farms in the United States by 2017. read more
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