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Pig Industry Articles by Category
Displaying Articles 231-253 in Production Management
Pig Industry Articles: Production Management
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...
Quantitative Selection for Piglet Survival as A Safe Way to Reduce the Cost of Weaners
By Egbert Frank Knol - In this paper, first presented at the 2003 Banff Pork Seminar, trait piglet survival is explored using quantitative methods, searching for genetic variation (Knol, 2001) and for biological explanations for possible genetic differences...
By Egbert Frank Knol - In this paper, first presented at the 2003 Banff Pork Seminar, trait piglet survival is explored using quantitative methods, searching for genetic variation (Knol, 2001) and for biological explanations for possible genetic differences...
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.
Water Quality and Weanling Pig Performance
By John Patience, Nadine Possberg and Doug Gillis, Prairie Swine Centre - Few well-controlled studies have investigated the impact of poor quality water on pig performance; most suggest the pig is capable of handling relatively high concentrations of...
By John Patience, Nadine Possberg and Doug Gillis, Prairie Swine Centre - Few well-controlled studies have investigated the impact of poor quality water on pig performance; most suggest the pig is capable of handling relatively high concentrations of...
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...
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...
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.
Reducing Costs in Pig Production
By Livestock Knowledge Transfer, UK - This article shows the results of questionnaires sent to pig producers and their organisations in late 2000, and identifies the technical priorities for the British pig industry.
By Livestock Knowledge Transfer, UK - This article shows the results of questionnaires sent to pig producers and their organisations in late 2000, and identifies the technical priorities for the British pig industry.
Farm Assurance and Standards for High Quality Pork
By Livestock Knowledge Transfer, UK - This article explains the available farm assurance schemes and the standards required.
By Livestock Knowledge Transfer, UK - This article explains the available farm assurance schemes and the standards required.
Improving Meat Quality in Pork and Bacon
By Livestock Knowledge Transfer, UK - This article looks at the techniques involved with rearing pigs for a high quality of meat, and discusses factors affecting tenderness and flavour.
By Livestock Knowledge Transfer, UK - This article looks at the techniques involved with rearing pigs for a high quality of meat, and discusses factors affecting tenderness and flavour.
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.
