Sow/Gilt Management
McDonald’s wants gestation-sow stalls eliminated
McDonald’s Corporation is calling on its U.S. pork suppliers to end the use of gestation-sow stalls. The world’s largest restaurant chain announced today that it will be studying suppliers’ options and will require them to outline plans to phase out the stalls.
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Commentary: Gestation stalls now lead HSUS' list
It’s no secret that animal activists have had gestation-sow crates on their list of things to eliminate for some time. The issue has been smoldering with periodic sparks fueled by such things as undercover videos like the ones that surfaced a week ago.
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Seaboard and Prestage emphasize animal-care commitments
Seaboard Foods and Prestage Farms have both addressed the Humane Society of the United States’ (HSUS) latest undercover video and attack on their operations in Oklahoma and gestation-sow stalls.
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NPPC comments on latest HSUS tactics
In response to the Humane Society of the United States’ (HSUS) release of an undercover video associated with Seaboard Foods’ and Prestage Farms’ gestation-sow stall housing practices, the National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) has released a statement.
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HSUS targets Seaboard, Prestage and Wal-Mart
The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) has released an undercover video taken at two swine systems near Goodwell, Okla.-- Seaboard Foods’ and Prestage Farms’ breeding and gestation facilities. HSUS also filed complaints with the U.S. Securities and Exchange and Federal Trade Commission involving statements on Seaboard’s website.
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Still time to register for PRRS webinar, Dec. 21
You can still sign up to participate in Pork Network’s free webinar-- “PRRS: Strategies to keep it at bay.” The hour-long session will take place on Wed., Dec. 21, at 10:30 a.m (Central Time).
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30% of Smithfield’s gestation sows housed in groups
By year’s end, Smithfield Foods will have moved 30 percent of the company’s gestating sows out of stalls and into group housing.
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Webinar for answers to PRRS, Dec. 21
On Dec. 21, a free webinar-- “PRRS: Strategies to keep it at bay”—will feature Dr. Scott Dee, world-renown expert on PRRS transmission, biosecurity and aerobiology.
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Smithfield won’t turn records over to HSUS
Smithfield Foods officials have denied a request made earlier this week from the Humane Society of the United States to inspect records on the pork producers’ plans to eliminate gestation-sow stalls.
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HSUS files order to review Smithfield’s records
The Humane Society of the United States has once again turned its attention on Smithfield Foods. This time focusing on Smithfield’s delay in moving gestating sows out of stalls and into a group housing system.
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ISU swine farm named for Al Christian
The Swine Teaching Farm at Iowa State University has been named for Allen Christian, who managed the farm for more than 50 years.
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