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Should You Consider Batch Farrowing?
2014-04-07 21:35:00| National Hog Farmer
By Ron Ketchem and Mark Rix, Swine Management Services LLC, Fremont, NE A look at key database numbers shows more farms are switching to a batch farrowing system. Benefits include the ability to meet the need for a larger, single source of healthy pigs at weaning. And there may be PEDV prevention benefits too. read more
Shoot as Many Pigs as You Can from Farrowing Barn to Packer
2014-02-10 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
US - Everything you do in your farming operations can make the difference between success and failure. Absolute Swine Insemination Co., LLC (ASIC) wants to be sure your farm is packed with the strongest and most accurate arsenal of breeding knowledge and products available today.
Wean-to-First Service's Correlation to Farrowing Rate and Total Born / Female Farrowed
2014-02-07 17:16:00| National Hog Farmer
By Ron Ketchem and Mark Rix, Swine Management Services LLC, Fremont, NE We consult monthly or quarterly with over 120 farms in the USA and Canada, when we were analyzing the farms last month, we were seeing farms with Wean to 1st Service Intervals below 5 days. We track several production traits by week and now have a data set that is 9 years old. We had been noticing over the last year that there has been a nice drop in the Wean to 1st Service Interval the last 18-24 months. read more
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Higher Farrowing Rates Require Improved Nutrition
2014-02-07 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
CANADA - A nutritionist with the Prairie Swine Centre says, with dramatically increased farrowing rates, meeting the nutritional needs of the gestating sow has become more important than ever, according to Bruce Cochrane.
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Iowa Model Weighs up Farrowing Room Ventilation Options
2013-09-19 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
US - Researchers at the University of Iowa have developed a simulation model to study the effect of ventilation airflow rate with and without filtered recirculation on airborne contaminant concentrations (dust, ammonia, carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide) for farrowing facilities.