Researchers are increasingly finding that what pigs eat is not just a farm management issue but a public health story, with everyday items from kitchen scraps to plastic-tainted products leaving a ...
AMES, Iowa – Research conducted at Iowa State University is dispelling myths about the practice of breeding pigs to improve feed efficiency, a measurement of how well swine convert the feed they ...
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign researchers Kaitlyn Sommer (left) and Ryan Dilger (right) studied the effect of feeding style on growth of piglets, leading to insights for both production ...
At an East Texas sanctuary, nearly 300 rescued pigs—including abandoned and neglected ones—find a new home, as founder ...
In 2022, pig and poultry farmers in the European Union will be able to feed their livestock purpose-bred insects, following the European Commission’s decision in 2021 to amend a ban on farm feed made ...