Tyson Urges Farmers to Improve Housing for Pregnant Pigs
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Tyson Foods Inc., the second-largest U.S. pork processor, is urging hog farmers to improve the quality of housing for pregnant sows and end the use of blunt force as the main way to kill sick and injured piglets.
“Whether it involves gestation stalls, pens or some other type of housing, we believe future sow housing should allow sows of all sizes to stand, turn around, lie down and stretch their legs,” Springdale, Arkansas-based Tyson said in a Jan. 8 letter to hog suppliers posted on its website today. It will increase audits of sow farms “to help ensure responsible on-farm treatment of animals” and is urging installation of video monitoring to increase oversight.