Farm visit: Inside a modern pig farm focused on welfare and stability

06-05 | |
Veterinarian Gheorghe Păștean (left) and Daniel Galis (right) at the feeding stations in the new sow house. Photos: Mark Pasveer
Veterinarian Gheorghe Păștean (left) and Daniel Galis (right) at the feeding stations in the new sow house. Photos: Mark Pasveer
6 finisher pig producers teamed up to build a brand new, modern sow house in north western Romania. A subsidy of €8.1 million from Romania’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development helped the producers to take the step and make their vision become reality. 8 years of dreaming, planning, considering, talking and taking action. That time was needed to come from a plan to the realisation of a modern sow facility for 1,921 sows in Băsești, Maramureș county, in the north west of Roman


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