Renovation Help
If you are considering renovating the lighting, heating or ventilation systems in your hog buildings, or replacing an actual building, financial help may be available....
Throughput The Ultimate Test for Production
It sounds simple enough. Flow as many pigs as you can through a given set of facilities to maximize profits (income over expense), while at the same time...
Unique Design Gives Sow Freedom to Move
Increasing pressure from animal welfare groups to improve living conditions of sows and pigs motivated veterinarian Leszek Mardarowicz, Lublina, Poland,...
Well-Run Brazilian Herd Concentrates on Details
Family-owned, farrow-to-nursery and finishing sites focus on improving pigs-weaned averages. For anyone looking for a typical, well-run hog farm while...
2004 Swine Research Review
Fewer DOAs with Auto-Sort Pigs
Motivated by producer reports that pigs from automatic sorting systems move easier, Pennsylvania researchers wanted verification. The University of Pennsylvania...
Big-Pen Finishing Wins with Auto-Sort
Large groups of pigs to be finished can be housed in one pen, provided that auto-sort technology is included to enhance feeding and marketing strategies....
Never Too Hot, Never Too Cold
Odors are so minimal at a northern Iowa wean-to-finish barn that neighbors a half-mile away didn't even realize pigs were in the building for six months....
For Sale or Lease
Interested? Don't worry about original construction cost, replacement value or asking price. More importantly, do not bid in your ability to generate...
Ten Keys to Automatic Sorting
It is important to understand the advantages and challenges of automatic sorting, large-pen finishing barn designs, says Frank Brummer, owner and president...
