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Each sow has 500 m² at her disposal.


Cal Miqueló has 85 farrowing huts of British design.


“For us there are two reasons we wanted to construct this farm. First is that I believe organic farming will lead to good quality food. With that we wanted to be able to reach new customers. And we already have a contract with a processor. “In addition, in Spain a conventional farm with 1,200 sows like we have is very small. There are many very large compa- nies, for which production is focused on being very efficient. For these producers, it is not easy to implement anything new. For us, however, since we are fairly small, it has been much easier to try something new and move into this business.”


Eight huts are on-site for weaner pigs.


Insemination and gestation The organic farm currently houses 300 sows, but Cau hopes eventually to grow to 600–700 sows. Insemination and gesta- tion occurs at four insemination zones, each of which has a permanent tent of British design right in the middle. The ges- tating sows feed on naturally growing vegetation or pre-planted crops that account for 15–20% of their needs. Additional feed is supplied to the sows using open air feeding stalls and, in time, Electronic Sow Feeding equipment will be installed. All in all, in groups of about 25, the sows will have about 1,000m2


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