OUTDOOR KEEPING OF SOWS AND PIGLETS - MOR E THAN ONLY AN ALTERNATIVE

The outdoor keeping of sows and piglets is an attractive possibility t o start in swine production by low investment resources and adventageo us expenses. Per sty place for a sow including weaners is to calculate with costs about 1500 DM. Complete or partly outdoor keeping versions are possible. The outdoor keeping represents a special kind of keepin g which corresponds to the specificity of swine and also it meets the demands of the consumers. By acquisition of the necessary know how and engagement to manage the sows in this kind of keeping high reproducti ve and breeding performances are obtainable. They are not smaller less the performances of sows which are kept in stys.