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Trial Tracks Impact Of Feeding Frequency 

Aggression, body condition scores and reproductive levels were compared when sows were fed twice vs. six times/day. Kansas State University researchers...

Fatigue Causes Majority 

Canadian livestock consultant completes study of commercial livestock hauling mishaps. Bad weather often gets the blame, but in actuality, driver fatigue...

The Key to Making Pen Gestation Work 

With over 50 years of hog-raising experience under his belt, Dale Keesecker has seen and tried any number of new products and management practices. In...

TQA: What's In a Name? 

The pork industry extends its hog-handling focus from truckers to a broader Transport Quality Assurance program. To minimize pork quality losses during...

Clearing Up the Confusion Over Pork Quality-Plus 

Fact sheet offers quick rundown of new industry program. Participation in the National Pork Board's Pork Quality Assurance-Plus (PQA-Plus) program, introduced...

Electric Prod Use Can Be Costly 

Research at Canada's Prairie Swine Centre (PSC) confirms that use of an electric prod to move market hogs elevates stress levels in the animals vs. other means of handling...

Don't Mix Sows 10-14 Days after Breeding 

As pork producers take up the challenge to house gestating sows in groups vs. individual stalls...

‘Pig-Friendly’ Loading Chute Minimizes Loading Stressors 

Pigs marketed on a prototype loading gantry were exposed to fewer stressors, including electric prods and incidence of slips, falls, vocalizations and piling. Pig mortalities from farm to harvest are estimated to cost the U.S. swine industry over...

Management Effects on Group Sow Housing 

Canadian researchers have learned that the productivity in electronic sow feeding (ESF) systems is comparable to sows housed in stalls, provided proper management practices are followed...

The Ties that Bind 

Show ring competition offers common ground for young and old...

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