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Online events and webinar archive

12 January 2024

Online events and webinar archive

Explore our collection of webinars and recordings from live events offering practical advice and expertise

Timing of service in sows

31 March 2022

Timing of service in sows

Inseminating at the right time is essential. Use this information to help improve reproductive performance on your pig unit.

Sow culling

27 November 2020

Sow culling

A good culling policy is an important part of herd management. This information will help you understand when and why culling is necessary.

Body condition scoring sows

4 March 2026

Body condition scoring sows

How to body condition score (BCS) sows to ensure the health, welfare, productivity and longevity of your breeding pig herd.

Pork Strategic Farm - Water

7 August 2026

Pork Strategic Farm - Water

With the rise of in-line dosage and the reduced use of medicated feeds, our Strategic Farms explore the use of water quality and quantity as a resource on farm.

Protecting your outdoor pig unit from predators

3 August 2020

Protecting your outdoor pig unit from predators

Guidance on reducing the risk of piglet losses to predators such as badgers and foxes.

Strawing up and preventing draughts

3 August 2020

Strawing up and preventing draughts

Help prevent pig mortality in outdoor systems by strawing up farrowing arcs correctly.

How to manage the farrowing arc or hut

3 August 2020

How to manage the farrowing arc or hut

This information considers design, paddock layout and preparations to make during the farrowing period.

Pig Health and Welfare Council: April 2019 update

7 May 2020

Pig Health and Welfare Council: April 2019 update

Information from the April 2019 meeting of the Pig Health and Welfare Council and its subgroups

Pork Strategic Farm - Tackling tails

10 January 2024

Pork Strategic Farm - Tackling tails

Tail biting, biting and aggression is a serious health and welfare concern for pigs, business and wider industry.

Pig Health Scheme

4 May 2023

Pig Health Scheme

Find out what the Pig Health Scheme is and how it can benefit your business

Pork events archive

17 June 2026

Pork events archive

Catch up with our latest webinars and live event recordings for practical advice, knowledge and expertise.

Discover more on water efficiency

20 March 2024

Water quantity and quality

Guidance on providing the correct quality and quantity of water to pigs

5 November 2018

Acceptable drinking water parameters for pigs

This factsheet provides guidance on the assessment of water quality for pigs

30 January 2020

Deep cleaning farm drinking systems (guide)

Poor water quality can negatively affect pig health. To dislodge biofilm and disinfect water systems, a shock treatment with a high concentration of a suitable chemical is recommended.

7 August 2020

Water guidance for pig farmers

This section provides guidance on water system setup and maintenance, the importance and methods of maintaining water quality and how to avoid waste. It also explores water supply management.

30 January 2020

Deep cleaning farm drinking systems (factsheet)

This factsheet takes you through the steps required to deep clean a farm drinking system.

22 May 2018

Optimising the use of Antimicrobials. In-water delivery

Good water is key for health and good production. This report by RAFT solutions summarises technical and practical information on principles and practice based on international standards and published science, coupled with practical experience and knowledge from UK pig production

29 July 2020

Cleaning and disinfection on pig farms

Understand the basic steps of cleaning and disinfection to keep your pig unit healthy and productive

18 January 2019

Water supply

This factsheet discusses how to provide adequate, good quality drinking water to pigs. It includes details on flow rates, drinker heights and drinker requirements.

11 June 2025

Water sampling for microbiology, minerals, flow rate and water temperature

Water is key for health, welfare and productivity. Sampling water may be an assurance scheme requirement. You may also wish to test minerals, flow rate and temperature to assess quality and quantity of a new supply or to investigate issues such as poor water intake or blocked pipes and filters

10 August 2018

Water sampling for microbiology (Farm assurance requirement)

Water is key for health, welfare and productivity. Sampling water may be an assurance scheme requirement. You may also wish to test minerals, flow rate and temperature to assess quality and quantity of a new supply or to investigate issues such as poor water intake or blocked pipes and filters

19 November 2018

Case study: water sampling and cleaning

This farm case study demonstrates the importance of sampling water on farm and the benefits that can be observed by carrying out a deep clean through shock dosing.

Discover more on tackling tails

23 December 2020

Tail docking and tail biting in pigs

Information about tail docking and reducing tail biting in pigs

19 February 2024

Real Welfare for pig producers

All you need to know about how the Real Welfare scheme can benefit your farm.

3 September 2025

Real Welfare for vets

Information for vets on how to access training to complete Real Welfare assessments

23 July 2020

Teeth reduction for piglets

Find out how and why teeth reduction in piglets is carried out

12 July 2021

PHWC Welfare

Find out about the welfare subgroup of the Pig Health and Welfare Council.

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