Transitioning from conventional farrowing crates to flexible farrowing pens will bring many challenges, along with significant opportunities to further improve pig welfare, based on producers’ ...

In late January, AHDB, the NPA and the University of Leeds joined forces to host an online workshop for Defra, APHA and ...

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

Lower piglet mortality is the goal when Norwegian researchers study the conditions of perky newborn piglets and their mothers. Several countries aim to reduce the loss of piglets using a system in ...

The government is planning to end the use of hen cages as part of a raft of proposals to improve animal welfare standards in England. The measures also include moving away from the use of pig ...

A sow nurses her piglets in a farrowing crate on a farm in Walsh, Ill., that meets California's new standards. (Jeff Roberson / Associated Press) It seemed for a while that California's controversial ...

Fairgoers watch as Yorkshore Cross piglets are born at the livestock nursery at the California State Fair farm in 2005. Manny Crisostomo Sacramento Bee file Two animal rights organizations are suing ...