A collective unit for farrowing of 19,000 piglets

01-05-2017 | |
Inside view of the gestating sow unit with small pens for six to eight sows on fully slatted floor.
Inside view of the gestating sow unit with small pens for six to eight sows on fully slatted floor.
By 2013 it has been law in the European Union to keep gestating sows in groups. For many smaller-sized farmers, this meant large-scale conversions. When joining forces, however, many financial burdens appear to have become bearable. Société Civile d’Expoitation Agricole – or SCEA – this is the French name for an association between farmers in order to promote agricultural development. Exactly this abbreviation is used for the pig production association ‘Porc Lagnou’ as well, a colla


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Kees van
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Philippe Caldier Journalist