Farm Animal Welfare

Pig Benchmarking and Welfare Improvement

Welfare benchmarking compares farms against peers and industry standards to drive continuous improvement and identify best practice.

Key Facts

Welfare benchmarking programs use standardized outcome measures collected on-farm
Benchmarking data allows farms to identify where they fall relative to peers on key indicators
Programs like Farming for Better (UK) provide farms with benchmarking data alongside advisory support
Farms that engage with benchmarking programs show faster welfare improvement than non-participants
Retailer and assurance body benchmarking requirements drive sector-wide improvements

Welfare Considerations

Welfare benchmarking transforms abstract standards into comparative data that drives competitive improvement. Farms that know how their welfare outcomes compare to peers have a clearer target and stronger motivation to improve than those working in isolation.

What You Can Do

Support pig sector benchmarking programs through consumer choice and advocacy
Advocate for benchmarking data sharing to enable sector-wide welfare assessment
Choose pork from producers participating in transparent welfare benchmarking programs