Too Many Hogs in a Pen Depresses Growth
By Dr Morgan Morrow, NCSU Swine Extension - In the 1990s we saw an explosion in the number of finishing floors in North Carolina. Most of those floors were built and budgeted to provide about 7.5 square feet of finishing space per pig. Over time, and as the pressure to produce more pork from available resources has increased, we have seen more pigs placed in those buildings on some farms. Consequently, the space available for the individual pig has decreased. The question is, have profit and performance suffered?
10 May 2002
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