Content related to the sectors: pork

28 April 2026

EU PiG – Olive oil as fat source for pigs

Bart Mouton and Filip Van Laere achieve a higher profit from Duroc d'Olives meat, produced from a cross-breed pig fed a diet that includes olive oil.

28 April 2026

EU PiG – Locally grown protein can replace soy in pig feed

The quantity of locally grown broad beans in finisher pig feed has been increased by 200%, with a positive impact on pig performance for Finnish pig producer Terhi Harjunmaa-Levonen.

28 April 2026

EU PiG – Create awareness through company tours and the sale of unique Berkhout meat with a story

Berkhout Meat’s goal is that the end user buys a tasty and familiar piece of meat that meets and even exceeds their expectations, directly from the producer.

28 April 2026

EU PiG – Expression of the product: Union of local breed, land and men

Breeder, Pierre Oteiza from the Kintoa region, has chosen the specifications required to enable the production of a high value-added product.

2 April 2026

EU PiG – Easy weighing of pigs for slaughter

Farmer Rick Bosgoed is using smart technology to feed each of his finisher pigs the optimum diet and automatically sort them so they are delivered to the slaughterhouse at exactly the right weight.

24 October 2024

EU PiG – Meat quality

Browse the pig producer case studies and technical reports below, which share best practice in Meat Quality.

24 April 2026

EU PiG – Implementing KALINAT approach to fully promote the hyperprolificacy of sows

The increase in pigs born per sow (Hyperprolific sows) has caused various production issues relating to ensuring that the piglets have the best chance of survival and in turn being a profitable animal.

28 April 2026

EU PiG – Birth management in loose farrowing systems

Piglet losses during lactation have been reduced from 25% to 15% on this breeding unit, equipped with a Pro Dromi loose farrowing system.

24 April 2026

EU PiG – Novelty in enrichment material

Feed conversion ratio has improved and pigs have become easier to handle, since this finisher unit owner began changing the type of environmental enrichment in each pen every day to promote the sense of novelty for the pigs.

2 April 2026

EU PiG – Animal welfare

The producers are EU PiG Ambassadors and winners of the annual EU PiG Grand Prix, who have focused on one of the specific Animal Welfare challenges chosen by the industry each year.

2 April 2026

EU PiG – Entire male production

Spanish farmer Ramon Armengol has a 720-sow, farrow-to-finish ‘closed unit’ producing entire males.

13 April 2026

EU PiG – Rearing pigs with intact tails

Tail docking has been banned in Finland since 2003, so the Sikana Oy farm rears its 2,980 finisher pigs with intact tails and uses a number of practical measures to ensure they comply with legislation and maintain both welfare and productivity.