Pig farming of the future: Intensify, specialise or diversify?

Where to go from here? Quite a lot of swine farmers must be asking themselves this question in times of lockdowns, swine diseases and market uncertainty. Traditionally, there are 3 options available to farmers, explains welfare and production expert Dr Irene Camerlink. Which one would work best for you? Back in the days when I was studying at an agricultural college, we learned that farmers, in order to survive the low price margins, had to choose: intensifying and upscaling the farm, specialis