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Farmweld offers A-Crate for todays farrowing room
2016-10-12 06:00:00| National Hog Farmer
Farmweld Inc. is proud to present the A-Crate, an improved farrowing crate that better meets the needs of today’s sows and farrowing room workers. “We designed the A-Crate with the sow, piglets, farrowing room employees and installers in mind,” says Aaron Niebrugge, sales manager for Farmweld. “With the A-Crate, we maximized the sow area — giving her more room than ever before to increase her comfort — and we enlarged the front-alley space. Meanwhile, installers benefit from the easier two-bolt installation.” read more
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Batch farrowing interest grows with demand for larger groups of weaned pigs
2016-10-10 19:38:00| National Hog Farmer
By Ron Ketchem and Mark Rix, Swine Management Services LLC, Fremont, Neb. (Second in a two-part series) The demand for larger groups of weaned pigs to go into larger finisher sites and buildings appears to be one of the drivers for producers going toward batch farrowing. read more
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Are you thinking about switching to batch farrowing?
2016-09-12 15:06:00| National Hog Farmer
By Ron Ketchem and Mark Rix, Swine Management Services LLC, Fremont, Neb. (First in a two-part series) Batch farrowing fills the want of larger numbers of pigs allowing for filling a single nursery, finisher or wean-to-finish site within a few days with similar-aged pigs so the site can be operated all in-all out. This helps to improve overall health of the pigs, reducing exposure of the site to multiple sources of pigs. read more
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Record pigs per litter logged, sows farrowing declined
2015-12-23 23:34:00| National Hog Farmer
U.S. hog farmers are back on track for production as a record large inventory of hogs and pigs was recorded for the third quarter of 2015 by the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service. read more
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Effect of weaning age P1 females on farrowing rate and total born
2015-12-07 13:56:00| National Hog Farmer
By Ron Ketchem and Mark Rix, Swine Management Services LLC, Fremont, NE In order to wean larger litters from P1 females, it is important to make gilt development a priority, set a minimum weaning age for the farm and make sure sows are feed properly to ensure solid reproduction performance. read more