Decisions around sow barn remodeling, reducing sow herd inventory, and adjusting gilt flow are some of the challenges U.S. pork producers face as they explore and consider options to make farms compliant with California’s Proposition 12 requirements.
A new resource from Iowa Pork Industry Center offers information for producers who plan to transition their own production. ISU extension swine specialist Matt Romoser is one of the authors and he said the goal for the publication was to provide some considerations for producers on how to manage the breeding herd under the guidelines of California Prop 12. Read more about the new pub, IPIC 207, in this release.
[Source: IPIC 16 November 2023]