Focusing on Biofuels, Well-Being Issues
Two burning issues led producer's priority lists at Pork Industry Forum the impact of biofuels on feedgrain prices and animal welfare. In all, 42 resolutions...
Sow Stall Ban Dominates Tour
Producers in the European Union (EU) discuss sow housing alternatives and welfare compliance. Not many U.S. pork producers probably know it, but the ban...
Humane Society Urges Maryland To Phase Out Gestation Crates
The Humane Society of the United States urges Maryland lawmakers to pass legislation that would ban the use of sow gestation stalls. Sen. Gwendolyn Britt (D-MD) introduced...
Maple Leaf Endorses Smithfield Stall Action
Canadian company's swift decision mirrors Smithfield's. Within a week of Smithfield Foods' announcement that it is eliminating sow gestation stalls over...
Downer Animal Legislation Proposed
New York Congressman Steven LaTourette (D-NY) and Sen. Gary Ackerman (D-NY) have introduced legislation to ban the slaughter of downer farm animals...
Animal Welfare
Proper Lactation Feeding Critical to Sow Longevity
Adequate feeding throughout lactation is paramount to the maintenance and longevity of high-producing...
Sow Stall Ban Passes Despite Intense Efforts
Animal extremists succeed in banning gestation stall use in Arizona. Pigs for Farmer John (PFFJ), Snowflake, AZ, and other agricultural groups mounted...
Gestation Stall Ban on Ballot
Arizona’s Proposition 204 will appear on the general election ballot on Nov. 7. It would amend the Arizona criminal code to make it a class 1 misdemeanor to use sow gestation stalls except in the seven days prior to expected farrowing....
Activists Pursue Ballot Initiative
Animal activists have raised 218,000 signatures in support of a proposed ballot initiative...
Arizona Producers Fight To Keep Gestation Stalls
Farm groups' coalition responds to activists' charges. Voters approved a constitutional amendment a few years back to ban sow gestation stalls in Florida....
