Group sow housing is gaining ground in Asia, where animal welfare is growing in importance. The concept offers an environment for more than one sow to lie down, stand up, and turn around during their pregnancy instead of being confined to crates.
In this podcast, Mikael Kirk, CEO of Agrisys, a supplier of swine farm equipment from Denmark, discusses how group sow housing outperforms crate systems and how swine producers can adopt this system to advance animal welfare and their image in farming while optimizing their investment.