October 2006
This 43rd in a series of Blueprint issues provides a detailed look at managing, housing, treating and feeding pigs during the early finishing phase of production.
Blueprint focus: Early Finishing Management
Early Finishing Management Affects Closeouts
Oct 15, 2006 12:00 PM, By Mike Eisenmenger, DVM Swine Vet Center St. Peter, MN
Achieving good production numbers requires managing young pigs as soon as they hit the finishing floor. As pork producers, we all would like to sit around...
Defining Finishing Health Parameters
Oct 15, 2006 12:00 PM, By John T. Waddell, DVM Sutton Veterinary Clinic Sutton, NE
Changes in the health of finishing pigs have been impacted by a variety of industry changes. Finishing health has been defined many different ways, but...
Housing Decisions For the Growing Pig
Oct 15, 2006 12:00 PM, By Mike Brumm Professor Emeritus Animal Science University of Nebraska
In today's production systems, facility utilization during the grower stage often takes a back seat to maintaining all-in, all-out pig flows. At one time,...
Feeding Early Finishers for Maximum Gain
Oct 15, 2006 12:00 PM, By Reed Leiting, DVM Worthington Veterinary Clinic Worthington, MN
Producers should provide optimal intake of an optimal diet for the correct weight pig. Pigs moving into the early finishing stage are entering an unprecedented...
Developing Diets for Grower Pigs
Oct 15, 2006 12:00 PM, By Mike Tokach Kansas State University
Because the nutrient requirements change quite rapidly in the grower stage, increasing dietary phases can reduce diet cost and nutrient excretion. Grower...
News
Transport Law Raises Issues for Pork Board
Oct 15, 2006 12:00 PM, By Joe Vansickle Senior Editor
USDA applies animal welfare law to livestock hauled by trucks. The recent decision by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to apply the nation's...
Packer Praises TQA Program
Oct 15, 2006 12:00 PM
The National Pork Board's Trucker Quality Assurance (TQA) program's focus on the proper handling, loading and transport of pigs optimizes quality pork...
NPPC Hails Senate OK of Price Reporting Law
Oct 15, 2006 12:00 PM
The National Pork Producers Council has applauded the U.S. Senate for reauthorizing the law requiring meat packers to report the prices they pay producers...
Research Awards Announced
Oct 15, 2006 12:00 PM
Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica, Inc. (BIVI) announces the first recipients of its annual research award program for porcine circovirus-associated disease...
Iowa State Swine Disease Conference
Oct 15, 2006 12:00 PM
The 14th annual Swine Disease Conference for Swine Practitioners is scheduled for Nov. 9-10 at the Scheman Building on the Iowa State University campus...
Pork Export Slowdown Expected
Oct 15, 2006 12:00 PM
Forecasts for a slight increase in production and a modest slowdown in pork export growth haven't dampened prospects for continued pork profitability,...
