Feed prices are at an all-time high, and it doesn’t appear that prices will go down anytime soon. Pork producers need to review and tweak their feed management systems to get the maximum ...

Consumer interest and concern with sow housing is an important, emerging issue in the United States. The pork industry has moved to using gestation stalls over the past 40 years since they reduce ...

A long-established feeding practise in the farrowing room is the provision of “creep feed. ” Now what are the benefits?

And it’s all due to rising feed costs. “Just this morning, we had a client from Missouri call and said that in his area, they’re seeing sow liquidation,” says Brian Splitt of AgMarket.Net.

The basic requirement for a pig venture are a pigsty, young piglets, a boar or pregnant sows, feeding equipment and feed. Pig housing Basically, a pig house can be constructed using locally ...

Using immunoglobulin Y, a major antibody found in birds, researchers developed an anti-diarrhoea feed additive that improves sow feeding efficiency. Other breakthroughs include new products that ...

A SOW to Grow scheme launched by Coventry Foodbank has been recognised as one of The Big Issues Top 100 Changemakers of 2025.

Stereotyped sequences of behaviour may be a means of reducing the arousal generated by the expectation of food. .... The persistence of feeding motivation in the absence of any food, and the strong ...