A free farrowing system that can be retrofitted into existing lactation facilities. That is the core of the maternity rings.

A dazzling sum of €4.4 billion. That is the calculated amount which will cost the transition to modern-style breeding houses ...

Regardless of international animal welfare regulations, most sows in production currently spend most of their lives and the peripartum period in caged housing systems. Although this type of management ...

The Maternity Ring was developed as a free farrowing alternative to crates that preserved space whilst providing the sow with unrestricted movement. This experiment aimed to apply the Five Domains ...

Nicola Bowers, a pig veterinary technician from East Yorkshire, has received a Nuffield Farming Scholarship to research best practices for managing piglet litters in flexible farrowing systems ...