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Condition of barn key to conversion costs

It might not add up to the total cost it will take to convert sow barns to open housing, but group housing has financial benefits

When Denise Beaulieu asked a group of pork producers if they’re planning to convert their barns over to group housing in the next couple years, not a single hand went up. “We know it’s coming up, we know at some point we have to do this,” said Beaulieu, a nutrition expert at the Prairie Swine