France enjoys last SPACE before sow stall ban

Just like last year, the annual trade show SPACE in Rennes, France, focused intensely on the upcoming partial sow stall ban, on 1 January 2013. Companies had one last chance to display the alternative housing systems. But what will happen to those who did not manage to convert? Nobody knows as yet. By Stuart Lumb This year’s annual French livestock show SPACE, held 11-14 September, was its usual busy bustling self with almost 110,000 visitors. The halls were full of gleaming equipment