K-State swine specialist Mike Tokach says advancements in litter sizes and sow performance led researchers to investigate nutrient intake.

Farrowing crates have been in widespread use in the pork industry since the 1960s to restrict a nursing sow from accidentally killing their young. Piglet mortality in farrowing crates could ...

Farrowing: When about to farrow (give birth ... The piglets should be able to suckle to satisfaction if the sow has enough milk but in some circumstances the sow may not have enough milk and ...

Farrowing: When about to farrow (give birth ... The piglets should be able to suckle to satisfaction if the sow has enough milk but in some circumstances the sow may not have enough milk and ...

Texas A&M exppert says lower pork production won’t restrict holiday ham availability but some pork cut prices could be slightly higher.

We investigate drug use and antimicrobial resistance as well as factors impacting them in Finnish piggeries. The following perspectives are discussed in our research on the physiology of farrowing: ...

A farmer has pleaded guilty to rearing 7,371 pigs in facilities that had not been authorised by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). It included 6,560 production pigs, 256 farrowing sows and ...