One Size Does Not Fit All
The variation in body size of sows needs greater consideration before gestation stalls are abandoned altogether. Pork producers should ask themselves...
Parity Distribution Will Affect Your Bottom Line
This third article in the benchmarking series focuses on productivity differences among sow parity groups and the cost of a PRRS outbreak. We continue...
Pen Gestation Isn't Complicated
The general manager of the country's largest pen gestation system says producers shouldn't fear group sow housing. Bob Ivey wanted to leave the standing-room-only...
Sow Housing Debated
A University of Illinois animal scientist offers support for individual stalls, while a Canadian scientist provides an overview of group sow housing research....
Stalls or Pens? Ask the Sows!
Is the move to abandon stalls for gestating sows a done deal? Not in some people's minds. Listen close and you'll hear a murmur spreading in the pork...
Minnesota Hosts Webcast on Replacement Gilt Management
The University of Minnesota Extension Service and the Minnesota Pork Board are co-sponsoring a free webcast, “Bringing and Keeping Gilts in the Breeding Herd,” from 1-2 p.m., Aug. 8...
To Cull or Not to Cull?
That is the question facing every sow unit. Some culling decisions are straightforward. Animals that have health problems or...
Discover Conference Focuses on Sows
The 13th Discover Conference on Food Animal Agriculture will focus solely on lifetime sow productivity. The conference is set for the Brown County Inn in Nashville, IN, on Sept. 9-12...
Piglet Survival A Key Performance Indicator
This second in the Quarterly Benchmarking series will focus on preweaning mortality and a new term — piglet survival...
Missouri Groups Host Farrowing School
The University of Missouri and the Missouri Pork Association are hosting “Back to the Basics: Farrowing School” on June 26-27 at the school’s Animal Science Research Center in Columbia, MO...
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