Gestation crates — otherwise known as individual sow stalls — will be banned on pig units in the US state of Colorado as from 2018. The state legislature has agreed a new law that prohibits close confinement of sows in pregnancy. But the vote gives Colorado producers 10 years in which to phase out the stalls.
Colorado quits crates
Legislation in Colorado forces pig producers to begin the phasing out of their sow stalls
May 21, 2008