Housing and equipment

Maintaining good air quality and ventilation in the piggery can be difficult as the weather gets colder, but simple investments and maintenance steps can improve ventilation without adding to your energy bills.

Advanced planning and simple husbandry steps can help keepers transition their herds to indoor environments over winter.

Danish farmer Jeppe Bloch from Vejen, 100 kilometres north of the German border, recently expanded his sow house to add 850 places.

Keeping pigs hydrated over winter can be a tricky prospect but maintaining good husbandry and winterising water systems will keep your herd healthy and productive.

Kicking off our How to keep your pigs warm in winter series, The Pig Site highlights top tips for protecting sows and piglets outdoors.

Lower Saxon pig farming specialist WEDA Dammann & Westerkamp GmbH has equipped the “Arche Wilhelminenhof” farm with new Be.Well pens.

The Swiss made Socorex® self-refilling syringes with spring-loaded plunger and three-way valve system are designed for serial precision animal injections. Simple conception, perfect balance and ergonomic design provide f…

Hog Slat announces a new store location in Beaver, Utah to serve swine and poultry producers.

Why do pigs in Africa sometimes struggle to reach 100kg in five months? And does this matter to the profitability of your farm?

Big Dutchman and BD Blue bring two new solutions for efficient slurry management.

How do pig producers navigate the costs and logistics of weighing animals while collecting accurate data?

Suckling piglets show little difference in growth or immunocrit levels when raised in farrowing crates when compared to group housing.

Approximately twenty second-generation farm owners recently spent a day at the headquarters of Big Dutchman Asia in Bukit Raja, Klang, Selangor.

The President of DGH Engineering says increased standardisation has helped swine producers take greater control of swine barn construction costs.

The importance of proper heat placement in farrowing facilities.

The UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy has issued a call for evidence to inform the phasing out of fossil fuel heating in agriculture.

Here’s an overview of three intriguing technologies spotlighted at the 2019 American Association of Swine Veterinarians annual meeting.

Big Dutchman offer a fully automated option for fostering underweight piglets

Slat University is a series of articles providing useful information on manufacturing, handling and maintaining concrete slats.

Tips for having good relations with residential neighbours.