Sows&Boars

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08-11 | Article

Wooden materials are better bedding materials for breeding boars

The theme of sow management has increased in importance over the last few years. Photo: Hans Prinsen

06-11 | News

Coming soon: EuroTier seminar on sow management

The maternity ring as shown on the website of SunPork. Photo: SunPork.

04-11 | News

Australia’s SunPork launches maternity rings for sows

A caretaker on a farm in Germany is checking whether all piglets can find the teats easily. Photo: Bert Jansen

06-08 | News

Parity number affects the frequency of farrowing assistance

A sow on a farm that achieves over 35 weaned piglets per sow per year. The farm is not related to the research described. Photo: Ronald Hissink

27-07 | News

Larger litters of piglets lead to performance reduction

A sow in a loose housing pen in Denmark. Photo: Henk Riswick

03-06 | Expert opinion

Loose pig housing at lactation and low emissions? It is possible

It looks like for sows in conventional farms, spacing changes are to be increasingly expected, in every moment of the sow’s cycle.

30-05 | Article

Pig Talk with editor Vincent ter Beek: Freedom in the gestation, farrowing and breeding phase

22-11 | Article

How do good and bad bacteria affect pig feed efficiency?

Belgium asks hunters to stay away from ASF infected areas

Denmark aims to tax GHG emissions from livestock