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Hogs, Livestock, News

Major retailers urged to help end use of gestation stalls

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The new owner of a now infamous Interlake hog barn says it will be getting rid of all its gestation stalls within four years. Video secretly shot in the Puratone weanling barn recently drew national coverage — and widespread condemnation — with its graphic scenes of castration and piglets being euthanized by slamming them onto
Hogs, Livestock

Manitoba Pork Council prepares for end of gestation stalls

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Dealing with aggression, finding the best design, and retraining barn workers are some of 
the issues producers will have to deal with when they shift to open housing

If it’s time to update your hog barn or if you’re thinking about new equipment, then it’s also time to think about converting your sow gestation stalls to open-housing systems. “We’re working with the date of 2025, and we’re continuing to encourage producers to look at that date as well,” said Mark Fynn, animal care
Hogs, Livestock, Opinion

Letters — for 2012-11-15 00:00:00

Let’s get talking I appreciated the article in the August 30, 2012 edition entitled “Animal welfare – act now, or have someone else do it.” To have producers be proactive to address the concerns of both people in animal welfare groups as well as the purchasing public would be terrific. There does seem to be
Hogs, Livestock, Opinion

Letters — for 2012-09-13 00:00:00

Support a sustainable, humane alternative Laura Rance is correct. There is no excuse or justification for failing to provide proper care for farm animals. But hog industry excuses continue. Depopulating barns and “euthanizing” piglets is deemed necessary in tough market conditions, hence the recent killing of 1,300 “severely distressed” piglets. Why aren’t they discussing the
Hogs, Livestock, News

McDonald’s to end sow stalls in 10 years

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Reuters / McDonald’s said May 31 that by 2022 it will only buy pork from farmers and other sources that do not use gestation stalls for housing their pregnant sows. In the shorter term, the Oak Brook, Illinois-based fast-food giant said that it would work with producers and suppliers to develop traceability systems to prove that
Hogs, Livestock, News

Safeway going crate free

Reuters / Safeway Inc., the second-largest U.S. grocery chain, said May 8 it plans to stop using pork suppliers that cage pregnant sows as part of their production process, a practice animal rights groups have called inhumane. “We think there are more sustainable pork production methods,” said Safeway vice-president of public affairs Brian Dowling, referring
Hogs, Livestock, News, Opinion

Public relations not the solution for hog producers

Re: “Pork producers explore ways to improve their public image” (April 1). Apparently producers want to improve their public image, which has resulted in advertising showing a farmer cuddling a piglet, or a family involved in the same activities as the rest of us, to engender that warm, fuzzy feeling towards producers. There is also
Cereals, Dairy cattle, Hogs, Livestock, News, Opinion

Letters, April 12, 2012

Government should help fund transition Regarding the article, “Time to start thinking about group housing” (March 22, 2012), Bernie Peet is right to alert pork producers to the reality that gestation crates are on the way out. While transitioning to new housing systems, this is an opportune time for producers to improve housing conditions for
Hogs, Livestock

Understanding the options for group sow housing

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Second of two articles on group sow housing There are a number of group sow-housing systems that can be used in converted buildings or new barns. Each of them has particular features and limitations that need to be understood in order to make an informed decision about which system to choose. While there are certainly

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