The Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture explores and cultivates alternatives that secure healthier people and landscapes in Iowa and the nation.
Exploring crate-free systems for Iowa pigs
Monday, July 16, 2012
Lyle Rossiter, superintendent at the Iowa State Allee Demonstration Farm near Newell in northwest Iowa, sets up an insulated, round tent, or yurt, that will be used to farrow hogs in August and throughout the winter. Yurts are portable wood-framed structures traditionally used by nomadic people on the steppes of Central Asia. They are the focus of a new research project funded by the Leopold Center as a cost-effective, crate-free alternative for raising baby pigs. Read more about the research here.
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