2. By: Celsey Moody

3.  Think farmers use stalls to help with economics  Iowa State University did a study, 11% less of facility costs

4.  Got Smithfield to phase out  Got McDonald’s and other food chains to stop selling meat from stalls

5.  When pigs lay down their legs get stepped on  Lameness from not being able to move around  Infections from laying in filth

6. Want farmers to switch from gestation stalls to open stalling. VS. X

7.  Pigs defecate out the back  In open housing pigs get picked on  When moved to stalls less medication was administered

8.  Stalls allow the farmer to monitor feed  Obese pigs leads to difficulty birthing  Open housing dominate pig can hog the feed

9. Keep the stalls. Study showed that when allowed to choice pigs spent 90% of their time in the stalls anyways.

10.  Phase out stalls slowly  Easier with gilts, young girl pigs  Farmer and scientist need to work together to find a “true solution”

11.  Studies have shown there’s not much of a difference in housings  Smithfield announced the they were 40% phased over

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