This farrowing pen design reduces sow confinement at farrowing to just three or four days and improves performance with no mortality penalty.
by NORMAN DUNN
A new farrowing pen design claims to increase profits per hog by combining the advantages of free farrowing systems with those of the conventional farrowing crate.
The 360° Freedom Farrower, so-called because it gives space for the sow to turn in a full circle, has been developed by Midland Pig Farms in England, a company with seven production units and a total of 3,500 Yorkshire x Landrace sows.