Pig welfare: A contentious issue for Australia’s farmers

What have animal rights groups, state government politics and a battle for market supremacy between two giant retail chains got to do with the issue of welfare in the Australian pig industry? Far too much, would probably be the answer if you asked a typical Australian pig farmer.     As in many developed economies, the disconnection between consumers and the farmers who grow their food is a root cause of many problems for the Australian intensive livestock sector and pig farmers in p