The weaned pigs stay in the nursery shelters, which are complete with specialty constructed heated boxes, for four weeks.
Pig farming in Australia is known for its animal-welfare ?character. John Bourke, a pig farmer in Victoria, is ahead of the game. The pro-active pig farmer rotates his grow-finisher pigs ?in shelters – and even the neighbours profit from the manure.
By Christine Clark, AusPac Ingredients, Tamworth, NSW, Australia
In Stanhope, in the heart of the Australian state of Victoria, farmers John and Gail Bourke of JW & GE Bourke, own and operate a 480 sow piggery. John Bourke was raised on hi
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