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Displaying Articles 139-161 in Production Management
Pig Industry Articles: Production Management
Practical Nursery Management
By Dr Todd See, Swine Genetics Specialist, North Carolina State University - Newly weaned pigs arriving at the nursery are the highest-health-risk animals in the swine production system, making their initial management and care vitally important.
By Dr Todd See, Swine Genetics Specialist, North Carolina State University - Newly weaned pigs arriving at the nursery are the highest-health-risk animals in the swine production system, making their initial management and care vitally important.
Price You Pay for Lightweights
By Tyler Kelley, Pork Magazine - Any business where 15 percent to 17 percent of the finished product costs you money isn’t a very good deal. But, that may be exactly what’s happening when you market lightweight pigs.
By Tyler Kelley, Pork Magazine - Any business where 15 percent to 17 percent of the finished product costs you money isn’t a very good deal. But, that may be exactly what’s happening when you market lightweight pigs.
Is there money in welfare friendly production?
By Dr John Strak - This month’s Strak report considers the issue of food producion under stringent ethical and welfare conditions and ponders whether it is possible to achieve this goal and still make a profit.
By Dr John Strak - This month’s Strak report considers the issue of food producion under stringent ethical and welfare conditions and ponders whether it is possible to achieve this goal and still make a profit.
Is it time to re-assess your weaning age?
By Bernard Peet BSc., Pork Industry Consultant, Canada - When I started my career in the British pork industry 30 years ago, 5-week weaning was the norm and a good breeding unit would produce 21 pigs weaned per sow from 2.2 litters/sow/year. During the...
By Bernard Peet BSc., Pork Industry Consultant, Canada - When I started my career in the British pork industry 30 years ago, 5-week weaning was the norm and a good breeding unit would produce 21 pigs weaned per sow from 2.2 litters/sow/year. During the...
Which pigs should you euthanize and when?
By Morgan Morrow, and Robert Meyer, NCSU Swine Extension - Generally speaking, an animal should be culled when it is no longer profitable or euthanized when it is inhumane to let it live. The difficulty all farm managers encounter is defining when animals...
By Morgan Morrow, and Robert Meyer, NCSU Swine Extension - Generally speaking, an animal should be culled when it is no longer profitable or euthanized when it is inhumane to let it live. The difficulty all farm managers encounter is defining when animals...
Sorting for the Perfect Weight
By Debra Neutkens, National Hog Farmer - Baarsch, CEO of Next Generation Pork, Spring Valley, MN, ships over 75,000 pigs to Hormel Foods, a packer that pays according to weight and last rib backfat. Carcasses within a certain range, or in the “red box”...
By Debra Neutkens, National Hog Farmer - Baarsch, CEO of Next Generation Pork, Spring Valley, MN, ships over 75,000 pigs to Hormel Foods, a packer that pays according to weight and last rib backfat. Carcasses within a certain range, or in the “red box”...
Cost Cutting without Short Cutting
By Tyler Kelley, Pork Magazine - Even without the dismal specter of a 1998-type crash, hog prices won't be moving higher soon. Add increased feed costs to the equation and it could be mid-2003 before many pork producers are profitable again.
By Tyler Kelley, Pork Magazine - Even without the dismal specter of a 1998-type crash, hog prices won't be moving higher soon. Add increased feed costs to the equation and it could be mid-2003 before many pork producers are profitable again.
Disease Eradication: Should we go there?
Carlos Pijoan DVM PhD, Swine Disease, Eradication Center, University of Minnesota looks at the reasons for pursuing a disease eradication program - Reproduced courtesy of the National Institute for Animal Agriculture.
Carlos Pijoan DVM PhD, Swine Disease, Eradication Center, University of Minnesota looks at the reasons for pursuing a disease eradication program - Reproduced courtesy of the National Institute for Animal Agriculture.
Mycoplasma vaccination - one shot or two?
By David Burch, Octagon Services Ltd. - Enzootic (mycoplasmal) pneumonia is widespread throughout the United Kingdom, with well over 90% of herds infected. Surveys have shown in the past that 45% of pig lungs at slaughter have the classical lung lesions...
By David Burch, Octagon Services Ltd. - Enzootic (mycoplasmal) pneumonia is widespread throughout the United Kingdom, with well over 90% of herds infected. Surveys have shown in the past that 45% of pig lungs at slaughter have the classical lung lesions...
Keys to Achieving High-Health Status
By Paul Yeske, DVM Swine Vet Center, St. Peter, MN (National Hog Farmer) - Health is key for efficient grow-finish performance. Without good health, an animal's potential cannot be fully expressed.
By Paul Yeske, DVM Swine Vet Center, St. Peter, MN (National Hog Farmer) - Health is key for efficient grow-finish performance. Without good health, an animal's potential cannot be fully expressed.
Tracking Progress in Grow-Finish
By Mike Brumm University of Nebraska (National Hog Farmer) - For grow-finish pigs, the changes in expectations, production performance and parameters in the past 20-plus years are striking.
By Mike Brumm University of Nebraska (National Hog Farmer) - For grow-finish pigs, the changes in expectations, production performance and parameters in the past 20-plus years are striking.
US Swine Herd Summary: Swine Health and Environmental Management
By USDA NAHMS - In 2000, the USDA’s National Animal Health Monitoring System (NAHMS) conducted a study of swine operations within the top 17 pork-producing states. These operations represented 94 percent of the United States swine herd on operations with...
By USDA NAHMS - In 2000, the USDA’s National Animal Health Monitoring System (NAHMS) conducted a study of swine operations within the top 17 pork-producing states. These operations represented 94 percent of the United States swine herd on operations with...
Maximizing Performance, Reducing Production Costs
By Marcia S. Carlson and Thomas J Fangman, University of Missouri - As prices of corn and soybeans have increased and market hog prices continue to drop, swine producers are forced to find additional ways to reduce total production costs. The first...
By Marcia S. Carlson and Thomas J Fangman, University of Missouri - As prices of corn and soybeans have increased and market hog prices continue to drop, swine producers are forced to find additional ways to reduce total production costs. The first...
An Introduction To Batch Farrowing
By Derek Armstrong, MLC Veterinary Scientist - Research and production experience has shown that all-in/all-out pig management systems can lead to significant improvements in productivity. One of the main challenges is to have pigs in large enough groups...
By Derek Armstrong, MLC Veterinary Scientist - Research and production experience has shown that all-in/all-out pig management systems can lead to significant improvements in productivity. One of the main challenges is to have pigs in large enough groups...
Risk Reduction Plan Stabilizes Herd Immunity
By Joe Vansickle, Senior Editor, National Hog Farmer -Five-year-old Pro-Net Farms Inc., a 2,400-sow, farrow-to-wean producer alliance in northern Iowa, endured a roller coaster ride of reoccurring bouts of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome...
By Joe Vansickle, Senior Editor, National Hog Farmer -Five-year-old Pro-Net Farms Inc., a 2,400-sow, farrow-to-wean producer alliance in northern Iowa, endured a roller coaster ride of reoccurring bouts of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome...
Is Your Sow Management Costing Pigs?
By Debbie Neutkens (Pork) - Who isn't looking to boost sow productivity? It's a topic that industry specialists revisit time and again. After all, everyone wants more pigs or more parities per sow.
By Debbie Neutkens (Pork) - Who isn't looking to boost sow productivity? It's a topic that industry specialists revisit time and again. After all, everyone wants more pigs or more parities per sow.
Saving that Extra Piglet
By Bill Raufer, Pork Magazine - A pig's first three weeks are a time of great peril. While some baby pig deaths are outside of your control, others can be prevented, emphasizes animal scientist Don Lay with USDA's Agricultural Research Servic...
By Bill Raufer, Pork Magazine - A pig's first three weeks are a time of great peril. While some baby pig deaths are outside of your control, others can be prevented, emphasizes animal scientist Don Lay with USDA's Agricultural Research Servic...
The market for welfare-friendly bacon and eggs
By Dr John Strak - Animal welfare regulations are back in the news this month with the champion of animal welfare and Junior Minister at DEFRA, Elliot Morley, announcing that he will hold a public consultation on banning battery cages for chickens in...
By Dr John Strak - Animal welfare regulations are back in the news this month with the champion of animal welfare and Junior Minister at DEFRA, Elliot Morley, announcing that he will hold a public consultation on banning battery cages for chickens in...
A Zoonoses Action Plan for the British Pig Industry
By BPEX - The safety of food is of growing importance to consumers in Great Britain and throughout the rest of the EU. These concerns are reflected in market research and in media coverage.
By BPEX - The safety of food is of growing importance to consumers in Great Britain and throughout the rest of the EU. These concerns are reflected in market research and in media coverage.
US Swine Nursery Management: A Summary
By USDA NAHMS - A nursery is a facility or building designed specifically to house newly weaned pigs until they reach the grower/finisher stage. Nursery management is critical to a healthy, good performance of pigs. The USDA’s National Animal Health...
By USDA NAHMS - A nursery is a facility or building designed specifically to house newly weaned pigs until they reach the grower/finisher stage. Nursery management is critical to a healthy, good performance of pigs. The USDA’s National Animal Health...
Dealing with Mortality Management
By Tyler Kelley, Pork Magazine - Bury the dead" is an old saying, but for the pork industry, rendering has been the most popular way to dispose of dead animals. However, that may be changing as other methods are gaining popularity.
By Tyler Kelley, Pork Magazine - Bury the dead" is an old saying, but for the pork industry, rendering has been the most popular way to dispose of dead animals. However, that may be changing as other methods are gaining popularity.
Mapping the Road to Pork Quality
By Tyler Kelley, Pork magazine - There are several forks in the road that lead to producing high-quality pork. If you take the wrong turn, you can win° up with an inferior product.
By Tyler Kelley, Pork magazine - There are several forks in the road that lead to producing high-quality pork. If you take the wrong turn, you can win° up with an inferior product.
Plotting the Traceability Course
By Jane Messenger, Pork Magazine - Is traceability the wave of the future for the U.S. pork industry? Yes, say most experts. But how might it transpire is the bigger question. At this point there are only a few answers.
By Jane Messenger, Pork Magazine - Is traceability the wave of the future for the U.S. pork industry? Yes, say most experts. But how might it transpire is the bigger question. At this point there are only a few answers.
