Hog Tattooing
At the 6th Annual Red Deer Swine Technology Workshop in 2004, Charlie Jamieson, from the Western Hog Exchange, reviewed the processes that will ensure readable tattoos on your pigs.

How to Exceed Production Targets
Dr. Jose Henrique Piva, Technical Services Director for PIC. Producers would like to believe their herd performance is always above average, but in reality, that may not be the case. This eight-point action list may help you get closer to exceeding production...

Managing the Sow and Gilt Estrous Cycle
By Jerry May, Extension Educator, Pork AoE Team and Ron Bates, State Swine Specialist, Michigan State University. At times, managers of sow farms of all sizes are challenged by the availability of sows and/or gilts in standing heat.

Raising Pigs on a Small Scale
By Kenneth L. Durrance, Extension Swine Specialist, and Cynthia A. Maxson, Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida. This publication is designed for the small holder / producer. It contains general...

Benchmarking: Effective Dissemination Of Know-How
By Arjan Neerhof, breeding co-ordinator, TOPIGS. The importance of the transfer of know-how as a form of sales support: benchmarking as a model for setting up a product technical service.

Management Practices that Optimize Productivity in the Nursery: Case Studies on What Works!
By Cameron Farrell, Elite Swine and Catherine Templeton, Maitland Swine Services as presented at the 2007 London Swine Conference.

Selecting Gilts for Lifetime Productivity
By Dr. Todd See, Swine Genetics Specialist, North Carolina State University. Simultaneous advances have been made in the number of pigs a sow can produce each year, predominantly due to management, and in lean (growth rate and percentage), predominantly...

The great crate debate - are there other options at farrowing?
By Jane Jordan, ThePigSite Editor. Welfare is now a key component of EU pig production and as a consequence the systems used to rear pigs are continually under review. The farrowing crate is a contentious tool when it comes to welfare, but few systems...

Food Miles: Cutting the distance won't save the planet
By Jane Jordan, ThePigSite Editor - Food miles are not the environmental 'bad boy' marketeers may have us believe. Other factors involved in the production chain have a far greater impact on the environment and it's these areas that farming industries...

Professional attitude to health and investment will yield profits
By Jane Jordan, ThePigSite editor. Disease, health and efficiency are interlinked and bugs spread because they take advantage of our mismanagement and failings. This was the stark message from vet David Chennels MRCVS, at the NPA's spring conference....

Managing and Monitoring the Finishing Barn: Six Things Not to Do
By Mark Yungblut, Synergy Swine Inc as presented at the 2007 London Swine Conference.

Understanding and Improving Pork Quality
By Rick Sanderson, Pork Chain Business Development Manager, PIC. Meat quality is a very topical subject, and almost everyone I talk to has an opinion on what we must do to improve it.

New Approaches for Controlling Nursery Diseases... or Back to the Basics?
By John Harding, Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences, Western College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Saskatchewan. This article is from a collection of the scientific papers presented at the 2006 London Swine Conference.

Larger Litters Result in Increased Output of High Quality Pork
By Prairie Swine Centre and published by Farmscape. Research conducted by the Prairie Swine Centre indicates that although low birth weight piglets reach market weight more slowly than their heavier litter-mates, and present a greater challenge in terms...

Nebraska Swine Report 2007
By the University of Nebraska - This page links all of the Nebraska Swine Report 2007 articles.

Effects of Finishing Pigs in Hoop Structures on Swine Performance, Pork Composition, and Pork Quality
By Brenda Patton, Elisabeth Huff-Lonergan, Mark Honeyman and Steven Lonergan. This article is from the Iowa State University Animal Industry Report 2006.

Pork Production Around the World - Challenges & Opportunities: The World
By John Gadd, International Pig Consultant - This article is from a collection of the scientific papers presented at the 2006 London Swine Conference.

Managing Animal Variation
Excerp submitted by Eric van Heugten, Swine Nutrition Specialist, North Carolina State University - Before the widespread adoption of all-in-all-out (AIAO) production systems, variation in growth was largely a “hidden” cost.

Impact of Characteristics of the Farmers and their Business on Profitability in the Canadian Hog Industry
By Verna Mitura, Statistics Canada - The purpose of this study is to identify the characteristics of Canadian hog farms and their operators that significantly influence their financial success and how it is influenced.

KSU Swine Day 2006
This article is a collection of papers presented during KSU's Swine Day 2006.

The Effect of Space Allocation in Hoop Structures on Swine Performance and Pork Quality
By Brenda Patton, Elisabeth Huff-Lonergan, Mark Honeyman and Steven Lonergan. This article is from the Iowa State University Animal Industry Report 2006.

Impact of Pork Industry on Rural Communities: Community Perceptions of Environmental, Economic and Social Impacts of Livestock Production
By Wayne J. Caldwell and presented at the 2006 Banff Pork Seminar - Across Canada the continued viability of livestock production is increasingly dependent upon the willingness of the community to accept the industry as it continues to evolve.

Pork Production Around the World - Challenges & Opportunities: North Carolina
By Monte McCaw, Canadian Pork Council - This article is from a collection of the scientific papers presented at the 2006 London Swine Conference.