Weekly Overview: New Year, New Regulation
ANALYSIS - After 12 years of waiting and ready or not, the partial sow stall ban has come into force across the EU. A new study has revealed that improved welfare can boost the bottom line - at least, by addressing tail biting in fattening pigs. There are highlights of the annual Oxford Farming Conference. The latest 'Hogs and Pigs' report from the the US shows little change in pig numbers from 12 months previously; the number of pigs reared per litter has reached a new record, however.
7 January 2013
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