The latest edition of Pig Progress is available online. This edition takes a closer look at how Brazil’s corn industry is ...

Precision feeding can be used to decrease the environmental impact of production animal agriculture and improve animal welfare by preventing the underfeeding or overfeeding of nutrients. The effects ...

That also includes farrowing crates, which are used to confine sows during and after birth to stop them crushing their piglets and are legal both in the UK and EU. AlexanderLipko Farrowing crates ...

Three varied producers – an outdoor breeding unit, a tented nursery and an indoor finisher – all displaying sound business ...

A Kilkeel farmer said he is "devastated" at the loss of at least 2,000 pigs in a fire. The farrowing house at Glenmarshal Pedigree Pig, a shed where sows and their piglets were kept, was destroyed.

About 80 sows and 1,000 piglets were in a farrowing house on the farm. The Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service (NIFRS) attended the scene at about 21:35 GMT on Friday. Appliances were ...

Realistically I shouldn’t feel alone, I’m in a secondary school with almost 1,000 people, I’m a part of 20 different ...

Alan Hugh Myers, 93, passed away peacefully at his home on September 13, 2024, surrounded by his beloved family. He was born ...

The focus during the last event was on swine influenza, porcine circovirus (PCV2) and porcine reproductive and respiratory ...

including farrowing crates in gestations, but it never eventuated. They shelved it again due to concerns around food security and affordability." So, what does a happy pig look like? Pigs are very ...

While this is the first year at the pumpkin patch for the new owners, Kevin and Julie Monfelt, the farm has a long family ...