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VIDEO: Ontario Pork, group housing for sows II

//22 Sep 2009

Recently, Ontario Pork, Canada, released a video, introducing the concept of group housing for sows to producers. The video presents the theory behind it, plus several examples of farms that had already switched to group housing. In this second episode, a visit is paid to Hubert Heccius farms.

Other episodes in this series include:
• Ontario Pork, group housing for sows VI, Conclusion
• Ontario Pork, group housing for sows V, Reid & Rhonda Wilson
• Ontario Pork, group housing for sows IV, Dave Van Moorsel
• Ontario Pork, group housing for sows III, Egli Farms
• Ontario Pork, group housing for sows I, Introduction

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