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Production and Management Featured Articles
Displaying Articles 76-90 in Production and Management
Driving Cost Out of the Production System
By Gary D. Dial, DVM, PhD, MBA, Janelle R. Roker, DVM, and Steven A. McWilliams, MS, Greenleaf Agribusiness Group and published by Prairie Swine Center - As recent history of the U.S. swine industry has evidenced, survival in today’s uncertain economic...
By Gary D. Dial, DVM, PhD, MBA, Janelle R. Roker, DVM, and Steven A. McWilliams, MS, Greenleaf Agribusiness Group and published by Prairie Swine Center - As recent history of the U.S. swine industry has evidenced, survival in today’s uncertain economic...
Top 10 cost cutters and revenue generators – Part II
By Lee Whittington, John Patience, Ruurd Zijlstra, Ken Engele, and Shala Christianson and published by Prairie Swine Center. This is Part 2 in the series examining how pork producers can effectively manage costs within their operations. Lowering your...
By Lee Whittington, John Patience, Ruurd Zijlstra, Ken Engele, and Shala Christianson and published by Prairie Swine Center. This is Part 2 in the series examining how pork producers can effectively manage costs within their operations. Lowering your...
Production Control System for pigs
By Frank Hollwell and David Lee, Swine Nutrition Specialists, North Carolina State University - This report looks at pig production control systems, including the use of Visual Image Analysis, which allows the outline of the body to be traced and qua...
By Frank Hollwell and David Lee, Swine Nutrition Specialists, North Carolina State University - This report looks at pig production control systems, including the use of Visual Image Analysis, which allows the outline of the body to be traced and qua...
Top 10 cost cutters and revenue generators – Part I
By Lee Whittington, John Patience, Ruurd Zijlstra, Ken Engele, and Shala Christianson and published by Prairie Swine Center. Lowering your cost of production and increasing revenues is more than just good business; for many producers this is the key...
By Lee Whittington, John Patience, Ruurd Zijlstra, Ken Engele, and Shala Christianson and published by Prairie Swine Center. Lowering your cost of production and increasing revenues is more than just good business; for many producers this is the key...
Bacterial contamination of recirculating brine used in the commercial production of moisture-enhanced pork
By Greer GG, Nattress F, Dilts B, Baker L., Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Lacombe Research Centre - In a commercial process for the production of moisture-enhanced pork, boneless pork loins were conveyed through a recirculating injection apparatus,...
By Greer GG, Nattress F, Dilts B, Baker L., Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Lacombe Research Centre - In a commercial process for the production of moisture-enhanced pork, boneless pork loins were conveyed through a recirculating injection apparatus,...
Nursery Management and Performance
By J.F. Patience, A.D. Beaulieu, C. Levesque and C. Bench for Prairie Swine Centre - Nursery management and nutrition is attracting increasing attention on the part of many producers for a number of reasons. The first relates to expenditures undertaken...
By J.F. Patience, A.D. Beaulieu, C. Levesque and C. Bench for Prairie Swine Centre - Nursery management and nutrition is attracting increasing attention on the part of many producers for a number of reasons. The first relates to expenditures undertaken...
Lost days - the key to breeding herd efficiency
By Bernard Peet, Pig Production Training and thePigSite Consultant - Lost days, empty days or non-productive days (NPDs) are one of the most important influences on breeding herd efficiency. They represent the number of days in the breeding cycle or...
By Bernard Peet, Pig Production Training and thePigSite Consultant - Lost days, empty days or non-productive days (NPDs) are one of the most important influences on breeding herd efficiency. They represent the number of days in the breeding cycle or...
Dealing with Variability in the Growout Barn
By J.F. Patience, H.W. Gonyou and R.T. Zijlstra - Variation is becoming an increasingly important topic of discussion in the pork industry. Differences in growth impact the time that is required to empty a pen, or a room, or a barn and still meet the...
By J.F. Patience, H.W. Gonyou and R.T. Zijlstra - Variation is becoming an increasingly important topic of discussion in the pork industry. Differences in growth impact the time that is required to empty a pen, or a room, or a barn and still meet the...
An industry guide to the production of heavier pigs
By the UK's Meat and Livestock Commission - There is interest in the British pig industry, especially from producers, to increase carcase weights to reduce production costs. This article identifies some key issues surrounding such a move.
By the UK's Meat and Livestock Commission - There is interest in the British pig industry, especially from producers, to increase carcase weights to reduce production costs. This article identifies some key issues surrounding such a move.
Gestation Housing for Sows: Studies on Electronic Sow Feeders & Stalls
By Harold W. Gonyou, Ontario Pork Newsletter - The housing for gestating sows is one of the most controversial aspects of pig production (AAFC, 1993), and forms the basis for most criticism of the animals' welfare. The primary issue is the restriction...
By Harold W. Gonyou, Ontario Pork Newsletter - The housing for gestating sows is one of the most controversial aspects of pig production (AAFC, 1993), and forms the basis for most criticism of the animals' welfare. The primary issue is the restriction...
Prediction of Pork Prices & Production
By Ron Plain, published by Alberta Pork in their Banff Pork Seminar 2003. Change is a reality in today's hog industry and in this article, the first in a series from the 2003 Banff Pork Seminars, Ron Plain asks - How can Canadian pork producers shape...
By Ron Plain, published by Alberta Pork in their Banff Pork Seminar 2003. Change is a reality in today's hog industry and in this article, the first in a series from the 2003 Banff Pork Seminars, Ron Plain asks - How can Canadian pork producers shape...
Boom, Bust & Beating the Hog Cycle
By Ray Snitynsky, published by Alberta Pork in their Spring 2003 Western Hog Journal. The growth of the hog industry over the past five years has been a boom in Manitoba. It has grown significantly and currently is responsible for over 17,000 jobs. This...
By Ray Snitynsky, published by Alberta Pork in their Spring 2003 Western Hog Journal. The growth of the hog industry over the past five years has been a boom in Manitoba. It has grown significantly and currently is responsible for over 17,000 jobs. This...
Solving rural conflicts
By Clare Illingworth, Ontario Pork Newsletter - Better communication between people living in the country and nearby farm operations is the key to resolving conflicts about rural issues, says University of Guelph researcher Wayne Caldwell.
By Clare Illingworth, Ontario Pork Newsletter - Better communication between people living in the country and nearby farm operations is the key to resolving conflicts about rural issues, says University of Guelph researcher Wayne Caldwell.
Management and nutritional strategies to address the challenges of low profitability
By Australian Pork - Piggeries in Australia are regularly faced with ‘hard times’ and it is important to realise that there are no magic savings to be made. Most farms have areas of significant compromise (for convenience or time saving) and it is therefore...
By Australian Pork - Piggeries in Australia are regularly faced with ‘hard times’ and it is important to realise that there are no magic savings to be made. Most farms have areas of significant compromise (for convenience or time saving) and it is therefore...
Developing Value Chains in the Pig Industry
By Livestock Knowledge Transfer, UK - This article looks at how to identify value chains and what requirements are needed for each chain, from producers through to consumers and marketing.
By Livestock Knowledge Transfer, UK - This article looks at how to identify value chains and what requirements are needed for each chain, from producers through to consumers and marketing.
