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How much variation is there by farrowing room in production numbers?
2019-01-02 17:37:00| National Hog Farmer
Swine Management Services offers a checklist to minimize variation in production between farrowing rooms.
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Remodelling project increases farrowing crate footprint
2018-11-05 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
While litter size has steadily increased from 7.5 in the 1950's to 11.0 in the 2000's, the standard size of a farrowing crate has remained the same at 5'x7'.
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Farrowing fun makes for contented sows
2018-09-06 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
A Pork CRC research project investigating sow contentment has yielded hugely positive results in reducing still births and enhancing affective state in older sows
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Remodeling project increases farrowing crate footprint
2018-08-31 19:26:23| National Hog Farmer
Retro of existing farrowing rooms adds square footage to accommodate larger litters without reducing the total number of crates.
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Have you thought of batch farrowing for disease control?
2018-08-29 11:00:00| National Hog Farmer
Batch farrowing may not produce the most piglets from your farrowing house, but it may produce the lowest cost of pork from your overall production system.
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