A specialized area or building on a farm dedicated to the early stages of rearing livestock or propagating plants. In horticulture, it is a site with controlled conditions like greenhouses or shade structures for growing seedlings until they are ready for field planting. In livestock, particularly swine, it is a heated, biosecure barn where weaned animals are raised until they are large enough for standard growing pens.
Heard on the job
The piglets will stay in the nursery for another three weeks before we move them to the finishing floor.