Welcome

The purpose of this Web site is to provide access to a number of educational initiatives concerning sow housing issues.

These include a conference proceeding on sow housing, a sow housing care and welfare bibliography, as well as information on how to request a DVD/CD that contains the proceedings and the bibliography along with two videos. One video features the presentations made by various academics on different sow housing systems (stalls, small groups, large groups, and hoops/extensive systems). The second video "Sow Gestation Housing: Considering the Options" features visits to five farms using different methods to house sows. These include stalls, small pens, large groups with electronic sow feeding systems, outdoor system, and a hoop system. Producers describe their systems and explain their decision to use a particular sow housing system.

This USDA/CSREES funded project provides links to various sites including the National Agricultural Library site.