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Avoid common pitfalls of gilt management
2020-05-19 17:30:00| National Hog Farmer
Many herds have figured out that maximizing gilt production takes extra time, resources and the discipline to develop gilts correctly every day.
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Gilt breed projects require planning, evaluation, biosecurity
2020-03-24 17:33:00| National Hog Farmer
Breed projects can be a frustrating necessity for many sow farms either on start-up or after a disease break.
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Does gilt total born predict future farm performance?
2019-12-31 14:31:00| National Hog Farmer
Total born is not as strong of an indicator as gilt farrowing rate, but it is still a very good indicator.
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Does gilt farrowing rate predict future farm performance?
2019-12-04 21:56:00| National Hog Farmer
A review of how gilts are handled before breeding is probably needed if you want to improve overall herd farrowing rate.
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Driving gilt consistency with natural planned exposure
2019-11-27 18:34:00| National Hog Farmer
Give farm team the 'what,' 'why' and 'how' to be engaged in processes.
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