The statement recently from Harris Teeter that it is requiring its pork suppliers to shift to farms that don't use certain housing systems is the latest in a cascade of announcements from food ...

McDonald’s said Monday it would begin working with its pork suppliers to phase out the use of so-called gestational crates, the tiny stalls in which sows are housed while pregnant. Animal-rights ...

WASHINGTON, Jan. 9, 2014 – Tyson Foods sent a letter to its hog suppliers yesterday updating its animal well-being program and recommending that farmers provide more space for pregnant sows. “Whether ...

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The American Veterinary Medical Association develops and endorses dozens of policies on a range of issues, including several that relate to farmed animals. These policies are important because, in ...

The path has been opened for non-experts to easily perform 'pregnancy diagnosis of sows,' a task previously carried out by skilled professionals, through artificial intelligence (AI). On the 7th, the ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - If given a choice, would pigs want a solitary stall or to live in a group with peers? Studies by animal-welfare scientists to find out has lead to a multi-institutional effort ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. CONDITIONS are set to improve for Australian pigs on the farm and get tougher for intensive pig farmers. In a surprise move, the ...

Like a lot of food-obsessed people, I love pork. The chef David Chang, whose Manhattan restaurant Momofuku is practically a porcine temple, once declared the pig a “mystical, magical animal.” In ...

Today’s prolific females routinely produce 16–20 total born, and the majority of fetal growth occurs in the final month of ...

Californians approved regulations that farmers say will upend their businesses. MARSHALL, Minn. -- A battle over bacon is headed to the U.S. Supreme Court with major stakes for farmers, pregnant pigs ...