Where profitability meets welfare in pig production

Research is being tried out on Krannestrup Farm (a farrow-to-finish farm) in Denmark to achieve the same or more productivity with higher welfare systems. Impossible – but doable. It’s pretty obvious to see: Denmark’s pig industry is at a crossroads. On the one hand, the country has been leading the pig industry for years when it comes down to technological progress. On the other, paradoxically, the country also faces probably one of the most stringent environmental and animal welfare requ