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Displaying Articles 47-69 in Production Management
Pig Industry Articles: Production Management
The Future of Staffing for the Pig Industry
Staff are the single most important asset to a pig business, and the UK industry is well placed to offer attractive employment, according to Richard Hooper. Jackie Linden, editor of ThePigSite, summarises his recent talk at the BPEX KT Event 2010.
Staff are the single most important asset to a pig business, and the UK industry is well placed to offer attractive employment, according to Richard Hooper. Jackie Linden, editor of ThePigSite, summarises his recent talk at the BPEX KT Event 2010.
Effects of Docked Tail Length and Nursery Space Allowance
Stocking density and tail length have some influence on tail biting, according to K. Bovey and colleagues at the University of Guelph. Penny Lawlis of the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (OMAFRA) has set out the highlights of their...
Stocking density and tail length have some influence on tail biting, according to K. Bovey and colleagues at the University of Guelph. Penny Lawlis of the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (OMAFRA) has set out the highlights of their...
Using Existing Knowledge on Tail Biting to Prevent Future Outbreaks
Key points to control tail-biting are to identify and reduce risk, monitor carefully and react fast. This is the advice to emerge from a project by the University of Bristol, University of Newcastle, RSPCA, BPEX and pig producers between 2006 and 200...
Key points to control tail-biting are to identify and reduce risk, monitor carefully and react fast. This is the advice to emerge from a project by the University of Bristol, University of Newcastle, RSPCA, BPEX and pig producers between 2006 and 200...
Ractopamine Increases Protein Deposition in the Carcass
Inclusion of 5mg/kg of ractopamine hydrochloride improved protein deposition, according to K.A. Ross and co-authors in the 2008 Annual Research Report from the Prairie Swine Centre.
Inclusion of 5mg/kg of ractopamine hydrochloride improved protein deposition, according to K.A. Ross and co-authors in the 2008 Annual Research Report from the Prairie Swine Centre.
Gilt Management
Gilt management from selection to puberty is the topic of this practical guide from BPEX (Action for Productivity No. 27).
Gilt management from selection to puberty is the topic of this practical guide from BPEX (Action for Productivity No. 27).
Action for Productivity Publications
A series of guides on practical topics from BPEX.
A series of guides on practical topics from BPEX.
Examining Costs of Production
Software modelling tool, AusPig, was used to model the effects of live weight and carcass weight on Cost of Production (COP), using the Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and costs recently released for 2008/09 from the Pork CRC’s Benchmarking Project...
Software modelling tool, AusPig, was used to model the effects of live weight and carcass weight on Cost of Production (COP), using the Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and costs recently released for 2008/09 from the Pork CRC’s Benchmarking Project...
On-Farm Care of the Show Pig
Tips on the purchase, husbandry and preparation of pigs for the show ring by Dr Mark Crenshaw, extension swine specialist with Mississippi State University.
Tips on the purchase, husbandry and preparation of pigs for the show ring by Dr Mark Crenshaw, extension swine specialist with Mississippi State University.
Preparing Swine Barns to Sit Empty
Dr Mark Whitney, Associate Professor at the University of Minnesota Extension provides tips on how to have barns sit empty for an extended period of time.
Dr Mark Whitney, Associate Professor at the University of Minnesota Extension provides tips on how to have barns sit empty for an extended period of time.
Production Efficiency of Specialised Swine Producers
Whatever their type of enterprise, US producers should aim to maximise their output saleable pigs, according to Dr Glynn Tonsor at Michigan State University's Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource Economics. This is more important to the bottom...
Whatever their type of enterprise, US producers should aim to maximise their output saleable pigs, according to Dr Glynn Tonsor at Michigan State University's Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource Economics. This is more important to the bottom...
Improving Key Performance Indicators: Rearing Herd
BPEX offers advice on ensuring pigs utilise feed efficiently and grow quickly through the weaner and finisher stages in number 25 in its series Action for Productivity.
BPEX offers advice on ensuring pigs utilise feed efficiently and grow quickly through the weaner and finisher stages in number 25 in its series Action for Productivity.
Maximising Weaning Weight
Hypor females have the potential for high milk production and large litter size, resulting in large numbers of heavy piglets at weaning. Attention to these factors that influence weaning weight will help to maximise weaning capacity.
Hypor females have the potential for high milk production and large litter size, resulting in large numbers of heavy piglets at weaning. Attention to these factors that influence weaning weight will help to maximise weaning capacity.
Improving Key Performance Indicators: Breeding Herd
Farrowing rate, farrowing index and non-productive days are interconnected and important key performance indicators for the breeding herd. BPEX explains why in number 26 in its series Action for Productivity.
Farrowing rate, farrowing index and non-productive days are interconnected and important key performance indicators for the breeding herd. BPEX explains why in number 26 in its series Action for Productivity.
Improving Key Performance Indicators: Pre-Weaning
Increasing the number of pigs born alive and piglet survival rate through to weaning have a significant impact on profitability. BPEX offers advice on improving those key performance indicators in number 24 in its series 'Action for Productivity'.
Increasing the number of pigs born alive and piglet survival rate through to weaning have a significant impact on profitability. BPEX offers advice on improving those key performance indicators in number 24 in its series 'Action for Productivity'.
Heavy Pigs at Weaning Improve Growth, Efficiency and Carcass Value
Weaning weight affects subsequent performance and carcass quality, according to Hypor, which is why their breeding programme fouses on the sow's 'weaning capacity'.
Weaning weight affects subsequent performance and carcass quality, according to Hypor, which is why their breeding programme fouses on the sow's 'weaning capacity'.
Effect of Dam Parity on Growth Performance and Immunity of Weaned Pigs
Growth performance in the nursery may be affected by dam parity. That is the conclusion from work reported by Erin E. Carney and colleagues in their paper published in the 2009 Nebraska Swine Report.
Growth performance in the nursery may be affected by dam parity. That is the conclusion from work reported by Erin E. Carney and colleagues in their paper published in the 2009 Nebraska Swine Report.
Management for High Sow Longevity
Early departures from the breeding herd are costly, according to this article from Hypor.
Early departures from the breeding herd are costly, according to this article from Hypor.
Dam Parity Affects Litter Performance and Passive Immunity
Litter performance and passive immunity may be affected by dam parity, concluded Erin E. Carney and co-authors in their paper published in the 2009 Nebraska Swine Report.
Litter performance and passive immunity may be affected by dam parity, concluded Erin E. Carney and co-authors in their paper published in the 2009 Nebraska Swine Report.
Learning Pig Health and Welfare Virtually
Learning what can go wrong on a pig farm and how to cope with outbreaks of sickness is an essential part of production management, writes ThePigSite senior editor, Chris Harris.
Learning what can go wrong on a pig farm and how to cope with outbreaks of sickness is an essential part of production management, writes ThePigSite senior editor, Chris Harris.
Fine Tuning Nursery Management to Optimise Production Costs
Peter Wilcock of AB Agri Ltd in the UK explains the main areas of management that should be looked at to improve nursery performance and optimise lifetime production costs. He presented his paper at the London Swine Conference 2009.
Peter Wilcock of AB Agri Ltd in the UK explains the main areas of management that should be looked at to improve nursery performance and optimise lifetime production costs. He presented his paper at the London Swine Conference 2009.
How to Make a Nursery Group a Success
There are three tips to success: encouragement of feed intake, feeder management and environmental hygiene, according to Mike Tokach and colleagues at Kansas State University's Applied Swine Nutrition Team. They were presented at the Swine Profitability...
There are three tips to success: encouragement of feed intake, feeder management and environmental hygiene, according to Mike Tokach and colleagues at Kansas State University's Applied Swine Nutrition Team. They were presented at the Swine Profitability...
Functional Underline Sections Affect Pig Weight at Weaning
The term 'functional underline' refers to a teat and its associated section of the mammary gland. This report in the June issue of North Carolina State Extension Swine News was submitted by Justin Fix and Todd See, and describes an experiment...
The term 'functional underline' refers to a teat and its associated section of the mammary gland. This report in the June issue of North Carolina State Extension Swine News was submitted by Justin Fix and Todd See, and describes an experiment...
Piglet Birth Weight Affects Future Growth, Composition and Mortality
Evidence that pigs with low birth weights grow slower, are fatter and are more likely to die before weaning, write Justin Fix and Todd See in the February 2009 issue of North Carolina State's Swine News.
Evidence that pigs with low birth weights grow slower, are fatter and are more likely to die before weaning, write Justin Fix and Todd See in the February 2009 issue of North Carolina State's Swine News.
