May 24, 2017· Around 1in10 piglets in commercial farms die from being crushed by their mothers, with the number even larger on organic farms. Last year, this resulted in the death of 13 million piglets in the US and 116 million globally, according to Iowan agtech startup SwineTech.. Eightfive percent of these deaths occur in the first fourtosix days of piglets' lives.