Completed Competitive Grant

Demonstration of a Swedish sustainable swine production system in Iowa

Project ID: 1995-72

Abstract

Many Iowa hog farmers are interested in alternative systems for producing pigs. This project demonstrated an approach to profitable pork production designed to be compatible with the pigs' natural behaviors. It has been used successfully in Sweden, and was transplanted to Iowa with generally favorable results.

Lead investigator: Mark S. Honeyman, ISU Research Farms

Year of grant completion: 1998

This competitive grant project was part of the Leopold Center's Initiative.

Topics: Hoops and alternative livestock systems

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