Eating Behaviour in Large Groups: Learning How Pigs Perceive Their Environment
Harold. W. Gonyou from the Prairie Swine Centre looks at the eating habits of pigs in large groups in pens and how they adapt to their environment.

Better Beginnings for Pigs in New Type of Pen
By Senior scientist Lene Juul Pedersen, Department of Animal Health, Welfare and Nutrition, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, University of Aarhus.

Impact of Auto-Sort Systems on Pig Welfare
By Janeen L. Salak-Johnson PhD, Department of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and published in the North Carolina Swine Extension Volume 31 Numbers 2 and 3.

Validating the Odor Footprint Tool Using Field Data
By Richard R. Stowell, Kara R. Niemeir, Dennis D. Schulte¹. This study supports using the Odor Footprint Tool as a planning and screening tool for assessing odor impact from livestock facilities and estimating minimum separation distances to meet annoyance-free...

Tips for Housing Gestating Sows in Group Pens
By Kathy Zurbrigg BSc. MSc. OMAFRA and Frank Kains, Waterloo, Ontario presented at the Shakespear Swine Conference in Ontario, Canada. In January 2007, Maple Leaf Foods made the decision to stop purchasing pigs in the future from farms using gestation...

Optimising Energy Efficiency in Pig Buildings
By pig specialists at the Prairie Swine Centre, Saskathchewan. Energy conservation and efficiency can be achieved by improving management techniques, making minor structural changes to buildings and prduction systems and adopting new technologies. Here,...

Managing Grouped Sows
By Janeen L. Salak-Johnson and Stanley E. Curtis, Department of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Feeding and Managing Pig Herds Automatically
By Chris Harris, ThePigSite Senior Editor - While tracking and tracing systems have been an essential part of breeding, rearing, slaughtering and processing animals for meat, their use has mainly been as means of assuring quality and food safety. However,...

Testing new feed concepts with modern technology from Big Dutchman
By Big Dutchman. Construction of a new barn with exhaust air washer for 3,300 rearing piglets.

Gestating Sows in Hoops: Can It Work?
By Ronald O. Bates, State Swine Specialist, Michigan State University and published in MSU Pork Quartlery 2007 Volume 12 No. 1.

Gestating Sow Housing – Options and Considerations Related to Feeding
By Mark Whitney, PhD. University of Minnesota Extension. Consumer interest and concern in sow housing is becoming an important and emerging issue in the United States.

A Review of Large Group Housing
By Harold Gonyou and Lee Whittington. Prairie Swine Centre. Over the past 5 years the concept of large groups of grower-finisher pigs has expanded.

Gestation Sow Housing Systems: Which is Best?
By Dr. Mark Whitney, Assistant Professor, University of Minnesota Extension.

Sow Housing: What Are My Options for Farrowing and Gestation?
By Dr. Anna Butters-Johnson, Assistant Professor Iowa State University. This article is from a collection of papers presented at the 2007 North Carolina Pork Conference.

Energy Efficiencies - Strategies for Minimizing Utility Costs in the Barn
By Harry Huffman, Huffman Engineering and Ron MacDonald, Agviro Inc. This article is from a collection of the scientific papers presented at the 2006 London Swine Conference.