The last of 3 Pig Progress seminars at EuroTier will focus on sustainability and welfare. 4 expert speakers will address the ...

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

To start off, he bought five pregnant large white sows at Sh25,000 each. But being a beginner pig farmer, all the piglets died a few weeks after farrowing. “It was so discouraging to lose all ...

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 ...