Ohio’s secretary of state has announced that the ballot measure to create the Ohio Livestock Care Standards Board will be designated as State Issue 2 on the Nov. 3, 2009 ballot

Better handling at the farm and attention to detail in loading and hauling has improved the process of shipping hogs to slaughter. But a University of Illinois research project is exposing one gap in that process: the shortcomings of the transport...

The individual pain or suffering caused by disease, injury or an inability to survive requires timely action. These fact-of-life occurrences have been recognized by generations of pork producers, but cultural change now calls for euthanasia...

If Sherrie Niekamp's review of European livestock transport regulations is truly a glimpse into the future, as her address at the Swine Handling and Transport Forum in Des Moines, IA in June suggests it could be, then the U.S. pork industry had...

Implementing guidelines and establishing protocols for effective euthanasia for nursery through finishing stages and for cull sows and replacement gilts were addressed in successive presentations during the Swine Housing and Transport Forum held...

Animal rights activists say the bills don’t go far enough to protect livestock. But Michigan farm officials counter the bills back accepted standards that have proven to be best practices for animal care

Citing financial conditions that were the most challenging in three decades, Smithfield Foods has announced it will postpone plans to phase out gestation stalls. The change in plans was announced in the company's 2009 annual report. In late...

Pen gestation appears to be the future of sow housing, and helping pork producers pick an option that suits their operation is the goal of Innovative Swine Solutions (ISS), says Laura Greiner, director of research and swine nutrition. ISS is the...

Morgan Hill farm manager Jeff Coby likes things easy and simple. His philosophy to boosting pig numbers is to let the sows do the work. He helps out only when needed, allowing nature to take its course. Hog barns at the 500-sow, farrow-to-finish...

A comprehensive study of over 9,600 trailer loads carrying over two million market hogs helps identify the causes and the costs associated with pig transport injuries, fatigue and deaths. A prominent industry representative once posed the question...