A new plan aims to accelerate the transition away from farrowing crates in UK pig farming, marking a major step toward higher ...

The transition away from farrowing crates in the UK pig farming sector is accelerating following new plans towards better animal welfare.

Compassion in World Farming (CIWF) has launched a Multi-Stakeholder Action Plan, backed by various promiment players in the ...

Transitioning from conventional farrowing crates to flexible farrowing pens will bring many challenges, along with significant opportunities to further improve pig welfare, based on producers ...

But the pigs’ lives will still suck ... It still allows the use of farrowing crates, cages similar to gestation crates that confine sows and their nursing piglets for a few weeks after birth.

For most pregnant pigs on big factory farms in the U.S ... After their pregnancy, the sows are put in farrowing crates where they nurse piglets for a few weeks. Then it’s back to the gestation ...