National Hog Farmer

Are Sows Being Culled for the Right Reasons? 

Apr 15, 2007 - By Ken Stalder and Mark Knauer Iowa State University, and Locke Karriker, DVM, Iowa State University

Pork producers and breeding herd managers typically record a single reason for culling a sow. Often, they simply check a box in their recordkeeping program...

Sow Productive Lifetime Conference Scheduled 

Apr 4, 2007

The 13th Discover Conference on Food Animal Agriculture: Sow Productive Lifetime, will be held Sept. 9-12, 2007 at the Brown County Inn in Nashville, IN...

Humane Society Urges Maryland To Phase Out Gestation Crates 

Mar 9, 2007

The Humane Society of the United States urges Maryland lawmakers to pass legislation that would ban the use of sow gestation stalls. Sen. Gwendolyn Britt (D-MD) introduced...

Livestock Records Series Revamped 

Mar 2, 2007 - By Steve Meyer

Iowa State University's Estimated Costs and Returns to various livestock feeding enterprises have been a valuable source of cost and profit data for many, many years...

How Does Your Farm Stack Up? 

Feb 15, 2007 - By Ken Stalder, Extension Swine Specialist Iowa State University, Ames, IA

This first in the Quarterly Benchmarking series reinforces the importance of effectively using accurate production records. The goal of this new series...

Before You Target 30 p/s/y Read This 

Feb 15, 2007 - By Dale Miller Editor

The costs of achieving 30 pigs/sow/year (p/s/y) may be too high to justify, agree North American reproductive physiologists. To accomplish the 30 p/s/y goal, we must ...

Next Generation Sow Housing 

Feb 15, 2007 - By Dale Miller Editor

Henceforth, January 25th, 2007, will serve as a milestone in the U.S. pork industry. On the second day of the Iowa Pork Congress, the trade show floor...

Giving Up G-Stalls Carries Consequences 

Jan 26, 2007 - By Steve Meyer

Smithfield Foods' announcement on Thursday that it would phase out gestation stalls in its 187 company-owned farms over the next 10 years was...

Fiber's Role in Sow Welfare 

Jan 15, 2007 - By Debra Neutkens

Heavy doses of fiber curb appetite and improve welfare of gestating sows.
Hungry, pregnant females often display certain stereotypic behaviors that suggest...

Sow Feeder a Key Piece of the 30 P/S/Y Puzzle 

Jan 15, 2007 - By Joe Vansickle Senior Editor

Carthage Veterinary Service, Ltd. (CVS) found a lactation feeder to help efforts to maximize sow production in a growing number of farms they manage....

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