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Sow gestation management at a modern Queensland piggery, with a farm worker carefully monitoring pregnant pigs housed in precision-engineered steel farrowing crates. Soft blue and gray tones of the worker's protective clothing contrast against the industrial metallic infrastructure and pale pink skin of the breeding sows. Overhead lighting creates a clinical, controlled environment that speaks to contemporary intensive agricultural practices. Carefully positioned metal barriers allow individual tracking and care for each pregnant animal, ensuring optimal conditions for maternal and piglet health. The scene captures the technical precision of contemporary livestock management, where animal welfare and systematic breeding protocols intersect. Overhead industrial scaffolding and controlled climate indicators suggest a highly regulated production environment typical of advanced agricultural systems in the Banana Shire region of Queensland.