Bigger pig pens create challenges for farmers

Published March 8, 2014 10:59am ET



FAIR OAKS, Ind. (AP) — The pork industry is reacting to consumer pressure by investing millions of dollars to give pregnant pigs room to move.

They’re converting and building barns to put sows in group pens instead of individual stalls too narrow for the animals to turn around.

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