The Loose sow optionsThere are more systems emerging for loose sow housing,but economics is holding back many conversions from takong palace

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THE DEBATE OVER WHETHER sow barns in the future will be built with sow stalls or loose sow housing appears to be almost over.Legions of pork purchasers have decided that they will push their suppliers to provide pork from sows not kept in confinement during gestation. Those include major Canadian players like Tim Horton's.The next decade will see a confusing shaking out of supply chains, certification systems and equipment supplies. The whole movement could also collapse upon itself, but at this point that's unlikely.That leaves what will be a long debate over which loose sow housing systems are most effective.