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Severe gales have been playing havoc with the ventilation systems on many exposed pig farms, causing management problems in farrowing, weaner and finishing houses, according to an environmental specialist.

Strong signs are emerging that pig farmers are investing to ‘future-proof’ their units, according to a national housing manufacturer.

Long-serving staff member and managing director, Andrew Brittain, retired from ARM Buildings at the end of December 2022.

To mark the event, he was given a send-off at a party at the company’s Rugeley offices where he was presented with a superb wrist-watch by Tim Martin.

Serious amounts of energy can be saved on many pig farms just by managing lighting. A typical farm could save around £2,000 on a single piggery over a year, according to an environmental specialist.

Graphic art commissioned to exhibit inequity of pork supply chain

Farmex and ARM Buildings have jointly commissioned a London-based graphic artist to produce an image that expresses the unfairness of the UK pork supply chain.

With overweight pigs backing up on many pig farms, an environmental specialist has made an urgent plea to pig farmers to check the ventilation systems in their finishing houses.

Higher welfare freedom-style farrowing pens with temporary crating work well and actually improve performance in many cases, says Tim Miller, environment specialist for ARM Buildings.

Pig Farmers will face £millions in extra costs for installing new farrowing systems, according to a housing company.

“Legislation on higher welfare farrowing pens – both in the UK and the EU – is inevitable. It’s more a question of when not if,” says Tim Miller, an environmental specialist with ARM Buildings.