Loose housing during lactation – is it competitive?

Denmark is usually ahead of the game when it comes down to pig production standards. The latest trend is loosing housing of sows during lactation. Main question is – is it an option for niche production or can it become mainstream? By Vivi Aarestrup Moustsen1, Janni Hales2 and Christian Fink Hansen2 Many years ago all sows were loose-housed – but for a number of reasons the housing changed to stalls and crates, see also Prof John McGlone’s contribution on page 4 and further. So why con