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Big-Pen Finishing Wins with Auto-Sort

Nov 15, 2004 - by Joe Vansickle, Senior Editor

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

Nov 15, 2004 - By Debra Neutkens

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....

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