Animal Welfare

Responsibility is Our Commitment

While through generations, things change, however PST's commitment to caring for our animals has not. Caring for our animals is the right thing to do and we do what's best for the animals and practice the best animal husbandry skills possible.

Progressive Swine Technologies proudly participates in the We Care® responsible pork initiative, an effort led by the National Pork Board and the National Pork Producers Council. Our teams believe and are committed to upholding the industry's highest ethical principles and animal well-being practices.

There are six We Care® ethical principles to which we adhere:

  1. Produce safe food
  2. Protect and promote animal well-being
  3. Ensure practices to protect public health
  4. Safeguard natural resources in all our practices
  5. Provide a work environment that is safe and consistent with the industry's ethical principles
  6. Contribute to a better quality of life in our communities

In addition to its six stated ethical principles, We Care® also includes the Pork Quality Assurance Plus® (PQA Plus) program and the Transport Quality Assurance® (TQA) program.

PST is certified and adheres daily to the PQA® Plus program and TQA® program. The PQA Plus® program promotes humane practices in raising, handling and housing animals. The program ensures food safety and provides detailed information to help producers measure, track and continuously improve animal well-being. The TQA® program guides swine transporters, producers and handlers during the movement and transport of animals.
 

Caring begins and ends with great people.