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Getting the Scoop on FEED DROPS 

Kansas State University (KSU) researchers say check your sow feed distribution system to ensure sows are actually getting the proper amount of feed. Pork...

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...

Antimicrobials in Water a Viable Option 

Research trials bear out the value of water-based medications in treating segregated early weaning nurseries. Researchers at Kansas State University (KSU)...

2004 Swine Research Review 

2004 Swine Research Review 

2004 Swine Research Review 

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....

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...

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...

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