Ruth Thomas, 32, is the manager of 1,100 breeding sows and a 4,000-place nursery site on a 48ha farm in Norfolk. The outdoor breeding unit has just been converted from a four-week wean to a five-week wean, and also produces replacement gilts. In the nursery, she is responsible for vaccinating and sexing the piglets that […]
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