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Clockwise from front: Monique Pairis-Garcia, Larry Sadler, Magnus Campler, Justin Kieffer and Amanda Young at OSU’s Swine Facility in Columbus, Ohio
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Bringing science to sow housing

A team of Ohio State researchers, led by Monique Pairis-Garcia and funded by Kraft Heinz, aims to solve the problem of aggression in sow group housing — and make the transition an easier one for producers, processors and the sows themselves.
Andy Hanacek
November 17, 2016
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The pork industry’s decision to convert to sow housing in recent years had been driven predominantly ethical concerns, but scientific research may yet help producers transition more easily to group housing and handle the new set of challenges it brings.


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Raised right

Andy Hanacek
August 31, 2009
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Sometimes, it pays to do the right thing, rather than follow that which data supports. Veal producers in the United States are learning that lesson as they transition from the
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