A study published in the International Journal of Agriculture Innovation, Technology and Globalisation looks at a little-researched factor in pig farming: the libido of boars and the impact this has ...

Experts argue gestation crates cause anxiety and frustration in pigs, contradicting claims of humane treatment.

Rearing healthy and fast growing pigs is the key ingredient for a successful venture. You want to raise gilts that will give birth to as many piglets as possible that are fast growing as well as ...

Borrowing a page from the dairy industry, researchers with the Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station found that a slow-growth diet meant more piglets and healthier and longer-lived momma pigs.

Sixty-four multiparous sows were allotted to one of eight diets on day 45 of gestation, with eight sows per treatment. Sows ...