Farm Animals

Pig Welfare and Open Data Sharing

The case for open data sharing in pig welfare monitoring to accelerate industry improvement.

Key Facts

Open welfare data sharing enables sector-wide benchmarking and best practice identification
Commercial confidentiality concerns limit data sharing in most livestock industries
Academic-industry partnerships can facilitate welfare data use without competitive harm
Open data models in other industries have accelerated innovation significantly
Welfare data openness could be a competitive differentiator for welfare-committed companies

Welfare Considerations

Open sharing of welfare performance data would accelerate improvement across the pig industry by enabling comparison, learning, and accountability.

What You Can Do

Advocate for welfare data transparency requirements in pig industry policy
Support academic-industry welfare data partnership initiatives
Encourage food companies to publish supplier welfare performance data