Facilities and Equipment
Auto-Sorting Improves Loading, Sort Loss, Growing Pig Physiology
Dec 15, 2009 12:00 PM
A pilot study on auto-sort technology conducted by the University of Illinois into the well-being of wean-to-finish pigs found there were pluses and minuses to each auto-sort system evaluated...More
Feeding and Watering
Charting a Course for Day-One Pig Care
Aug 17, 2010 3:35 PM, By Joe Vansickle Senior Editor
The training video program emanating from the large flat-screen television in the break room at Fair Creek, LLP builds a strong case for improvements in pig care...
Feed Sensor Controls All Feed Delivery Functions
Feb 15, 2010 12:00 PM
The system utilizes infrared sensing technology to monitor feed...
Manure Handling and Storage
Pork Producers Address Public Policy Threats
May 15, 2010 12:00 PM, By Bill Gnatzig
Call it risk management or self-preservation, pork producers are finding it increasingly important to step into the political arena as local, state and national policy implications now commonly push past historic, reasoned limits...
Producing More Pork Using Less
Mar 15, 2010 12:00 PM, By Joe Vansickle Senior Editor
Scarcity of fossil fuels will drive efforts to produce pork more efficiently. If pork producers take anything from the current discussion regarding greenhouse gases (GHG) and carbon credits, they need to realize that energy is going to cost more no matter what path is taken by Congress...
Swine Housing
Why Do Some Sows Prefer Stalls Over Free-Access Area?
Aug 31, 2010 12:57 PM
Researchers with the Prairie Swine Centre (PSC) at Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada are scratching their heads these days trying to figure out this conundrum...
Charting a Course for Day-One Pig Care
Aug 17, 2010 3:35 PM, By Joe Vansickle Senior Editor
The training video program emanating from the large flat-screen television in the break room at Fair Creek, LLP builds a strong case for improvements in pig care...
Ventilation
Charting a Course for Day-One Pig Care
Aug 17, 2010 3:35 PM, By Joe Vansickle Senior Editor
The training video program emanating from the large flat-screen television in the break room at Fair Creek, LLP builds a strong case for improvements in pig care...
How to Control Heat for Animal Comfort and Safety
Jul 14, 2010 3:58 PM
Rising temperatures and humidity mean producers need to assure that barn ventilation systems are doing the best job they can to keep animals as comfortable as possible this summer, says Larry Jacobson, agricultural engineer, University of Minnesota Extension. Start by checking on these items...
