As of Jan. 1, Ohio swine breeders are operating under a new open-pen sow housing rule that limits the use of gestation crates ...

Like a lot of food-obsessed people, I love pork. The chef David Chang, whose Manhattan restaurant Momofuku is practically a porcine temple, once declared the pig a “mystical, magical animal.” In ...

Feeding management Multiple feeding practices have been related to sow livability. At the gilt level, research by Deen and ...

LOS ANGELES — A California judge decided this week to delay enforcement of part of a new farm animal welfare law that critics said would cause price hikes and supply shortages for bacon and other ...

Managing sows so they neither gain nor lose too much body condition between parities should be the ambition of every pig breeder, as this single measure directly impacts on a herd’s economic ...

An Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station study showed female pigs had better reproductive health when placed on a slow-growth diet before being bred. FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Borrowing a page from the ...

Get started here and learn all about how to breed pigs and about the pigs mating process. Keep your pig populations healthy by paying close attention and caring for your animals. In a previous article ...

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 ...

China's agriculture ministry lowered its sow herd inventory target for the Five-Year Plan just started, as the world's top pork producer aims to ensure supply and stabilise prices. Sept 23 (Reuters) - ...