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Shorten Wean-to-First-Service Interval to Boost Farrowing Rate, Total Pigs Born/Litter
2013-02-07 16:33:00| National Hog Farmer
By Ron Ketchem and Mark Rix, Swine Management Services, LLC, Fremont, NE As we work with farms to improve pigs weaned/mated female/year (PW/MF/Y), we continue to look at the interaction of key performance indicators. For this article, we will focus on wean-to-first service interval, which is the time it takes a weaned female to return to heat and be bred. read more
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