Pig farmers should avoid viewing feed efficiency as simply feed conversion ratio and consider how it is affected by health, mortality, and wider inefficiencies through the whole production chain. By ...

Nutrition is key throughout a pig’s lifetime, and particularly important for the breeding females of the herd in order to achieve optimum piglet production and growth. On a recent Farming Connect ...

“What livestock farming can I engage in that does not entail a lot of work and the returns are almost guaranteed?” That is a question I get from many young people I interact with. Pig farming is a ...

As animal welfare expert Temple Grandin has described it, pregnant pigs housed in gestation crates spend their days living in the equivalent of an airline seat for humans. Expand your understanding of ...