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Pork producers who discontinue the use of gestation crates have choices to make, according to Iowa State veterinary expert

AMES, Iowa – Pork producers who are looking to abandon the use of gestation crates to house pregnant pigs will have to weigh a series of options to find the best fit for their operations, said an Iowa ...
National Hog Farmer

Reducing dietary crude protein in diets for sows

When formulating diets for sows it is possible to reduce dietary protein by decreasing soybean meal inclusion and increase ...
Post-Bulletin

Letter — Is there a better method than crates for gestating sows?

This letter refers to the Agri News article "Cargill joins Smithfield in phasing our gestation crates nationwide," which appeared in the April 19 issue. A few questions need to be asked. First of all ...
Los Angeles Times

Walmart hasn’t stopped pork suppliers from confining pregnant sows in cruel cages. Time for shareholders to step up

For most pregnant pigs on big factory farms in the U.S., each four-month gestation is spent in a tiny crate. The sows can stand up but can’t turn around or take more than a couple of steps. Slats in ...
Post-Bulletin

Clarification on sow gestation crates

I need to clarify my article appearing in the May 3 issue of the Agri News. The article related to Cargill and Smithfield phasing our gestation crates. In my article, I was referring to farrowing ...
Daily Herald

Crate-free pork is on the rise in some Illinois grocery chains, but not everywhere

When you pick up fresh pork chops from behind the glass at Mariano’s, you can be sure the product came from a farm that does not use gestation crates — metal enclosures so small the pigs kept in them ...
Pig Progress

Unlocking the full potential of high-prolific sows

Modern high‑prolific sows are the elite athletes of today’s pig industry. They are the result of decades of genetic selection ...
Animal Welfare Institute

Lagoda, M. E., O’Driscoll, K., Galli, M. C. et al. 2023. Indicators of improved gestation housing of sows. Part I: Effects on behaviour, skin lesions, locomotion, and tear ...

Commercial gestation housing systems for sows generally fail to cater fully for their needs in terms of comfort or the ability to perform highly motivated behaviours, which can lead to chronic stress ...
MinnPost

Minnesota farmers press Congress to block California ban on pork produced through ‘inhumane’ gestation pens

… but our independent journalism isn’t free to produce. Help us keep it this way with a tax-deductible donation today. WASHINGTON – Mike Boerboom, who produces pork from 8,000 sows on two family farms ...
Reuters

Smithfield to phase out gestation crates - WSJ

NEW YORK, Jan 25 (Reuters) - Smithfield Foods Inc. , the nation's largest pork producer, plans to announce that it will phase out gestation crates at its company-owned sow farms over the next decade, ...
Animal Welfare Institute

Lagoda, M. E., O’Driscoll, K., Galli, M. C. et al. 2023. Indicators of improved gestation housing of sows. Part II: Effects on physiological measures, reproductive ...

Prenatal stress is the mechanism through which poor welfare of pregnant sows has detrimental effects on the health and resilience of their piglets. We compared two gestation housing systems (IMPROVED ...