Understanding The Genetics of Feed Efficiency
The genetic makeup of maternal (sow) lines and terminal sire lines used to produce market hogs has a considerable bearing on how efficiently their progeny...
Turnaround Stall Worth a Second Look
The '90s design offers a compromise between stalls and pens for gestating sows. If you are among the legions of pork producers struggling to decide if...
Gestation Pens Fare Favorably to Stalls
When performance data is tabulated for sows housed in stalls vs. sows housed in pens at Dykhuis Farms, Inc. there is little difference in the overall...
Trickle Feeding Fits Sow Housing Remodel
The gestation housing option offers some new challenges and presents some hard lessons. Ten years ago, Sean Dolan and his father, Jim, hooked up with...
The Costs of Switching from Sow Stalls to Group Housing
Study estimates the cost of transitioning the U.S. breeding herd from widely used gestation stalls to group housing. Voters and government are increasingly...
Unique Sow Parity Segregation Plan Bolsters Herd Health
Coupled with sow herd reduction, efforts guide consolidation and resource conservation for this Michigan pork producer. In five short years, Bob Dykhuis...
Gilt Multiplier Closes In On 30 Pigs/Sow/Year
Increasing pigs/sow/year (p/s/y) is a worthwhile goal as it translates to more pigs out the door, lowers cost of production and drives profits....
Making the 30 P/S/Y Dream Come True
There is a quiet revolution taking place in today's pork industry....
Calculating Payback Parity For Replacement Gilts
The run up in feed costs has impacted the profitability...
Building Better Gilt Management Systems
Successful placement of gilts into the breeding herd and their ability to remain there through at least three parities has three basic...
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