This Month's Focus: Managing VariationVariation: You Can Manage It, But You Can't Avoid ItBy John F. Patience Prairie Swine Centre Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Prior to the widespread adoption of all-in, all-out (AIAO) production systems, variation in growth was largely a cost. Pigs were sorted from pens when... |
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Economic Effects Of VariationBy Brian Buhr Agricultural Economist University of Minnesota In 1986, I had a hole-in-one at the Ames (IA) Country Club. As I was carrying on like a kid, my golf partner sat quietly in the golf cart. I thought maybe... |
Top Health Produces Consistent ThroughputBy John T. Waddell, DVM Sutton Veterinary Clinic Sutton, NE Throughput, defined in terms of pork production, is the number of pigs or pounds of pork put through any given system, farm or facility. Efficiency of... |
News Flash
Risk Management Webinars Offered
When asked if they were interested in an interactive, online educational series on risk management, pork producers responded with a resounding “yes.”...
Farrowing Basics Program Planned
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) is holding a Farrowing Basics program June 17-18 in the Animal Science Complex at the UNL East Campus...
Manure Entrepreneurs Aim To Turn Brown into Green
The 2008 Breimyer Seminar May 22 at the University of Missouri’s Reynolds Alumni Center focuses on turning manure, once known as waste, into something green...
Manure Handling Expo Planned for July 9
The continuing rise in chemical fertilizer prices may push crop farmers even more to use manure for their fertilization needs...
