Publications: WelFarmers
𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐅𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐕𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐨𝐏𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐯𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞!This Good Practice supports pig farmers in transitioning to undocked tail production. The Risk Assessment Tool helps identify key risk factors for tail biting, including water supply, feed quality, rooting material, climate, health and management. The tool provides a checklist and action plan to evaluate and address risks on-farm.
Watch the full videopill now and learn more about this tool!
LikecommentshareMy favorites
Infographics: Loose lactation & piglet commingling
This new infographic illustrates the practice of allowing the piglets to comingle.
1 LikecommentshareMy favorites
Infographics: Drained flooring
This new infographic illustrates the use of Drained flooring, wich combines the benefits of solid and slatted floors.
LikecommentshareMy favorites
Agriculture & Foodhas published an article about the WelFarmers project, highlighting Denmark’s leading role in implementing practical pig welfare solutions.
The article explains how Danish partners are turning vision into action — with real examples of loose housing, intact tails, and pen design improvements already in place on farms.
Read the full article now!
The article explains how Danish partners are turning vision into action — with real examples of loose housing, intact tails, and pen design improvements already in place on farms.
Read the full article now!
WelFarmers: Danish pigs shape the course of future welfare With over 90 solutions collected and validation well underway, the Danish pig industry is entering a new phase in the WelFarmers’ project
LikecommentshareMy favorites
Cardboard Pigs – Decision Support Tool is a practical, low-cost, and scalable solution to improve pen design for loose housing of lactating sows.
Using scale models and a checklist, it allows farmers to visualise and compare layouts before construction, reducing the risk of poor investments and helping ensure more welfare-friendly facilities.
Watch the videopill now and learn more about this tool!
Using scale models and a checklist, it allows farmers to visualise and compare layouts before construction, reducing the risk of poor investments and helping ensure more welfare-friendly facilities.
Watch the videopill now and learn more about this tool!
LikecommentshareMy favorites
Infographics: Enhancing the value of immunocastration for 144 kg pigs
One of the winners of the ‘Avoiding Pain in Castration (APC)’ category was this set of good practices.
LikecommentshareMy favorites
Within the topic "Pigs with undocked tails", we introduce one of the selected Best Practices: More and changing rooting material.
This approach monitors pigs for early signs of tail biting and responds by providing additional and varied rooting materials like straw or beet pellets. By encouraging natural exploratory behaviours, this practice helps prevent tail biting outbreaks and improves overall animal welfare.
Watch the videopill now and discover how such a small change can make a big difference!
This approach monitors pigs for early signs of tail biting and responds by providing additional and varied rooting materials like straw or beet pellets. By encouraging natural exploratory behaviours, this practice helps prevent tail biting outbreaks and improves overall animal welfare.
Watch the videopill now and discover how such a small change can make a big difference!3 Like1 CommentsshareMy favorites
08-Dec-2025lynda-smitIt should be obvious to anyone with half a brain that the closer we get to natural rearing practices, the less we have to witness unnatural tail biting practices.
Infographics: Easy Access Creep
This is the first in a series of infographics that we have prepared to provide a clearer explanation of the first-round winners.
LikecommentshareMy favorites
Infographics: Happy tail
One of the winners of the ‘Pigs with undocked tails’ category was this set of good practices covering different aspects of animal management that allow tail docking to be avoided.
2 LikecommentshareMy favorites
We continue sharing the selected Best Practices from Round 1 of the WelFarmers project!
This time, we spotlight the practice “Solid flooring with extra space for finishers” under the topic Space allowance and flooring. The farm introduces solid floors, increased space allowance, and active slurry removal systems to reduce emissions and improve pig welfare. A functional, low-emission design that enhances comfort, reduces aggression, and supports pigs with long tails.
Discover more from Tomas Ryan in the full videopill!
This time, we spotlight the practice “Solid flooring with extra space for finishers” under the topic Space allowance and flooring. The farm introduces solid floors, increased space allowance, and active slurry removal systems to reduce emissions and improve pig welfare. A functional, low-emission design that enhances comfort, reduces aggression, and supports pigs with long tails.
Discover more from Tomas Ryan in the full videopill!1 LikecommentshareMy favorites