Pigs

A spectacle that may be slightly less common in the UK these days: pigs arriving at a slaughterhouse to get slaughtered. - Photo: Atelier68

04-10-2021 | News

Fears rise for UK pig sector as abattoir backlog grows

The UK is facing a CO2 shortage at the moment, impacting pig slaughterings. - Photo: Shutterstock

28-09-2021 | News

CO2 shortage could force farmers to cull own pigs

Podcast: A need for inclusion in the swine industry

22-09-2021 | News

Podcast: A need for inclusion in the swine industry

If castration does not have to be performed, it means less work for producers. - Photo: Herbert Wiggerman

22-09-2021 | News

SPACE: Castration headache for French pig farmers

This farrowing sow on a farm in Belgium receives 7 equal portions of feed per day. - Photo: Nedap

06-09-2021 | Article

4 tips on how to get better results during farrowing

A combination of good feeding, health, housing and management will promote high welfare standards. Photo: Bart Nijs

01-09-2021 | Article

Welfare: Enabler of animal performance

Why do pigs start so rough today in the nursery? - Photo: Michel Velderman

30-08-2021 | Expert opinion

Surviving to thriving – post-weaning challenges

Dietary flavour supplementation improved the reproductive performance of the sows, which was associated with enhanced beneficial microbiota in the sows gastrointestinal tract. Photo: Jan-Willem Schouten

24-08-2021 | Article

Study shows that sows favour flavoured feed

A lactating sow and her piglets without a crate. Photo: Hans Prinsen

24-08-2021 | News

Free Farrowing is not a matter of “when” but “how”