Demonstration of a Swedish sustainable swine production system in Iowa
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1998
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Honeyman, Mark
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Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture
The Leopold Center is a research and education center on the campus of Iowa State University created to identify and reduce negative environmental and social impacts of farming and develop new ways to farm profitably while conserving natural resources.
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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.