New standards to reach the magic number 30

Water, sun, air, feed and of course pigs – no element is forgotten when planning and constructing the newly built sow facility at Beel family farm, in Wortegem-Petegem, Belgium. The ?mix of novelties should lead to improved production too. By Vincent ter Beek Pig producer Joost Beel, 53, and his wife Mieke Beel-Steyvaert, 51, have no doubt. Before the expansion, their pig farm’s productivity was at a respectable 29.5 piglets per sow per year – but once the new additions ar