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Farrowing display at Iowa State Fair demonstrates what it means to be a pig farmer in 2020
2020-02-23 11:18:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
Witnessing the birth of pigs helps thousands of consumers connect firsthand with the animals and farmers during the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines.
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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Farrowing house scours topic of upcoming webinar
2019-11-21 18:04:00| National Hog Farmer
Hour-long "Addressing Farrowing House Scours Field and Lab Perspectives" webinar will be 1 p.m. Central Dec. 5.
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Optimising sow feed intake in farrowing
2019-10-10 20:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
Creating the right environment in the farrowing barn can help minimise the challenges producers face when it comes to farrowing healthy piglets.
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Is it time for your farm to consider batch farrowing?
2019-10-02 16:28:00| National Hog Farmer
The greatest advantage to going to batch farrowing often comes in improved finisher performance, with lower death loss, better feed conversion and lower treatment costs.