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The University of Illinois Pork Industry Conference is Dec. 11-12 at Hawthorn Suites, Champaign, IL.
Focus is on swine odor and manure management, including legal issues, air standards, phosphorus, reducing dust and gas emissions and an update on North Carolina research on manure storage and processing.
For registration information, contact Gilbert Hollis at (217) 333-0013 or hollisg@uiuc.edu.
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In addition to the number of recorded heat cycles before breeding and the gilt’s exposure to gestation stalls before breeding, there are additional management factors that affect gilt performance. Following are a few additional considerations:
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