This year’s fair was another delight, and once again my parents made the trek to come with me to the fair. My mother loved seeing the draft horses thunder around the arena. The draft horse ...

Pens with fresh wood also had a lower frequency of chewing and biting directed at other pigs, as well as indications of a lower stress level. Objects made of pipes of polyethene plastic were used as ...

New polling has revealed that an overwhelming 84% of the Scottish public reject the use of farrowing crates for mother pigs.

Farrowing: When about to farrow (give birth) separate the pregnant pig from the rest and put her in a special farrowing pen. Pigs in most instances give birth unaided but ensure you provide soft ...

Farrowing crates have long been a traditional feature of the modern pig farm, whereby the sow is placed in a small enclosure within a larger pen prior to farrowing and during the nursing period ...