Danish farmer Jeppe Bloch from Vejen, 100 kilometres north of the German border, recently expanded his sow house to add 850 places. Animal-friendly electronic sow feeding system CallMatic feeds sows ...

In an age when sows become increasingly more prolific, standing sow nutrition and production need to be re-evaluated ...

The latest edition of Pig Progress is now available online and includes a look at how (and if) insect products can help ...

Walk onto a modern hog farm and it is typical to find climate-controlled farrowing houses filled with hardworking sows nursing litters of 12 or more piglets. That scene, says Kansas State University ...

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This might make him sound like a romantic, but don’t let his language fool you – his company’s path is firmly rooted in practicality. He’s adopted new technology developed at the University of ...

Animal welfare groups go to great lengths to show us how "the sausage" is made inside the factory-style farms that produce most of our meat. For the past few years, they've armed activists with video ...

ENGLEVALE, N.D. - The Ransom Multiplier, a gilt development facility owned by the Nelson County Pigs Cooperative, plans to move in late-gestation sows by Nov. 1 and begin farrowing by Nov. 15. Once ...

Dear David To establish a successful pig farming enterprise, ensure that you practice proper feeding, disease control and good sanitary habits. Proper feeding at all stages of growth translates to ...

The hog industry is losing sows—pigs that are raised solely for the purpose of breeding other pigs—at an increasing rate. Reports vary, but the number shared last year at an annual gathering of pork ...

Big Dutchman is the world’s leading supplier of housing and feeding equipment for modern pig and poultry production, represented in more than 100 countries around the globe. Danish farmer Jeppe Bloch ...