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The project aims to provide blueprints and cost estimates for barn conversion that can be used by the producers and construction team to complete the conversion.

The previously imposed restrictions on imports of slaughter pigs and feeding piglets are still in force.

The Retail Council of Canada believes that sows should be housed in an environment where their pregnancy, health and well-being are taken into highest consideration.

The Korean government seeks to cull up to 100,000 sows to help stabilize pork prices.

Sow Welfare Scheme would be extended for a final time from 2 April 2013 to Friday, 3 May 2013.

New Jersey is one step closer to becoming the tenth state to outlaw the confinement of breeding pigs in gestation crates.

At the National Pork Industry Forum, pork producers approved a resolution reaffirming the industry's position that producers should be able to select a sow housing system.

The aim is to help every producer move towards an extra three pigs per sow per year weaned.

European Commission called on Belgium, Cyprus, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Poland and Portugal to take action to address deficiencies in the implementation of EU legislation concerning the welfare of animals.

According to the updated data, only 10 Member States are now fully compliant with the implementation of the group housing rules.

In comparison with May 2012, we see a decrease by 2.7% in the number of sows.

Research examining the factors affecting the productivity of group housed sows will assist Canada's pork producers as they consider the switch to group sow housing systems.

In mid-June, the EU Commission announced that 18 Member States had confirmed that they expected all of their remaining pig breeders to be compliant with the new regulations by 1 January 2013.

The immunocrit, which measures newborn piglet serum immunoglobulin, is simple, inexpensive, rapid, and accurate.

The conditions to be met by producers who have not completed the process of adapting to the new regulations for accomodating breeder sows are established.

United States hog producers intend to have 2.85 million sows farrow during the September-November 2012 quarter, down 3 percent from the actual farrowings during the same period in 2011, and down 1 percent from 2010.