NHF Digital Edition

Get our FREE digital edition! Subscribe here.

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...

Previous | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | Next


Most Recent Articles



National Hog Farmer TV

Interact With Us

National Hog Farmer on Facebook National Hog Farmer on Twitter

Resources

  • Industry Resources
  • Calendar
  • Blueprint Issues
  • Career Opportunities
  • Pork Checkoff
  • Quarterly/Weekly Hog and Pig Reports
  • Product Info
  • People
  • Production Posters
  • Green Agriculture
  • State of the Pork Industry Report
  • New Product Tour

Current Issue

New Rules for Risk Management

Risk management, it seems, has always been viewed favorably by pork producers. Problem is, it's rarely practiced to any great degree. ...

Current Issue

"Swine Flu" - It's Time to Move On

Something bad has happened to you. It wasn't deserved and it wasn't fair. The people who did it are callous and heartless (at least in regard to you), and lazy, or they would not have done it. But they did it. It's over. It's done. You can whine and wallow in self-pity and martyrdom or pick yourself up, dust yourself off and get on with life and the business of raising quality pork. ...

Marketplace Ads

  • VAL-CO

    Swine Heat Stress. Start thinking about your summer cooling options.

  • Advertise in our Marketplace

    Advertise your business here! Find out how.

  • U.S. Crop and Livestock Maps for sale

    Ag Maps for Sale: U.S. Crop and Livestock Maps

Back Issues Archive