What do a logger and a hog farmer have in common? More than you might imagine, according to third-generation professional logger and motivational speaker Bruce Vincent from Libby, MT. I've heard him speak twice in the past few months and both...
The National Pork Board is confident that its voluntary educational animal welfare programs have struck a chord with pork producers, improving both animal husbandry and the well-being of the animal. Pork production is such a diversified industry...
The National Pork Board congratulates Hormel Foods for its commitment to the Pork Quality Assurance Plus (PQA Plus) and Transport Quality Assurance (TQA) programs.
Boars continually grow tusks that pose a safety hazard to human handlers and other pigs. To remove the danger, tusks are sometimes trimmed once or twice a year. Tusks can be removed using hoof nippers or bolt cutters. Less frequently used – but...
Pigs' preference for the location of drinker bowls was tested in a commercial nursery barn near Jefferson City, MO. Twenty-five, 7-week-old...
The use of the cautery iron rather than the conventional blunt trauma cutting method of tail docking can reduce the elevated stress response...
Because the optimum space allowance required for weaned pigs during transport is unknown, Texas Tech University scientists sought to establish...
In group-housed sows, when similar groups of sows are maintained throughout the gestation period, aggression between groups is reduced...