Consumers are not pushing this issue by their own gumption.  

That is a FACT.

Consumers buy almost exclusively on price.

This is being pushed by HSUS and somewhat by PETA.

Peta is hardly worth talking about, HSUS is where the money/power is.

HSUS is leading the public right down the expensive meat path that will lead to less meat production/consumption which is what HSUS wants.

I've also done almost every type of sow housing imaginable.     The sows in the gestation crates now have it better than our sows in pens ever dreamt of.

Their death loss is less, they have less injuries, they are in better condition and they produce far more pigs.  

You are a better sow manager than anyone I've ever met or heard about if you can keep sows from fighting in group housing.   Maybe you should start giving lessons to everyone that has decades of experience and still doesn't know what they're doing.

I'm out, its hard to have conversation with someone that knows "facts" that aren't so.