Good handling when loading pigs should harness instincts and keep stress down for both livestock and the farmer shipping them.

South Dakota Pork Congress recognizes three pork producers for their contribution to the state’s swine industry.

The Dutch couple Sarah van den Berg and Dirk Thijssen have owned a sow farm in Eastern Germany since mid 2023.

A farmer’s decisions during a piglet’s first 24 hours of life help determine the pig’s lifelong health and performance.

Animal rights groups have handed in files to DAFM which they claim contain evidence of "systematic failures" in the pig ...

It comes after the National Animal Rights Association (NARA) and Animal Rebellion Ireland (ARI) held a press conference on Wednesday regarding pig welfare on Irish pig enterprises.

Uncertainty remains about potential new farrowing system regulations requiring the industry to switch from conventional to ...

The National Animal Rights Association (NARA) will publish shocking video footage captured at four Irish pig farms today ...

For farrowing crates, in which sows give birth and nurse young piglets, the length of the crate “must allow the sow enough room to move forward and backward, and to lie down unhindered by a raised ...

The mean farrowing duration was 323.6 minutes for 19.1 born piglets. The farrowing duration was influenced significantly by the stillbirth rate and tended to be influenced by sow parity and backfat ...