Gestation Sow Housing Options Abound
The method of housing sows during the breeding-gestation phases of pork production has undergone considerable transition during the last 40 years. The...
Biofilters Beat Problem Gases
Producer-agricultural engineer develops simple system that effectively filters out manure odors and reduces neighborhood complaints. Neighbors driving...
Biofilter System Lowers Manure Load, Odor by 90%
Odor complaints from neighbors living downwind from hog barns may soon be a thing of the past. Biosor, a biological filtration system perfected in Quebec,...
Daily Growth Tracking Targets Premiums
Daily gain software helps refine market hog deliveries to producer-owned Meadowbrook Farms plant. Here's your challenge: Sort a semi-load of market hogs...
Free Midwest Plan Service Catalog
The 2006 Midwest Plan Service catalog contains more than 175 low-cost and free agricultural publications...
A Mortality Case with A Jolt
Pork producers are discovering something about electricity that dairymen have known for years stray voltage hurts production. The term is a misnomer,...
Audits Return to Basics
Mike Eisenmenger, DVM, has launched a return-to-basics approach to educating producers on ventilation. Many barn offices feature a dizzying array of computer-controlled...
2005 Swine Research Review - Pork Quality
Methods to improve carcass chilling and the risk of Toxoplasma infection n retail meat products are evaluated. ...
2005 Swine Research Review
A detailed look at the cost of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome, cultured bacteria as an alternative to antibiotics for E. coli and the impact of crowding on performance are covered....
2005 Swine Research Review
The impact of Bioplex organic trace minerals on mineral excretion rates, management strategies to reduce ammonia volatilization from swine manure and reducing hydrogen sulfide emmisions are featured....
