SLP: The Next Step in Sow Productivity Measures
Sow lifetime productivity more fully represents total farm impact.
Pigs per sow per year (PSY) has become the gold standard of sow productivity measures. But what does it really tell you? If a female pig weans 12 pigs in her first... (more...)
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breeding gating, Chris Hostetler, Clay Lents, Farmweld, farrowing, farrowing crate, Frank Brummer, gestation, gestation stalls, gestation stanchion, gilts, hog flooring, IA State University, Ken Stalder, National Pork Board, pigs per sow per year, platform, PSY, SLP, sow feeder, Sow Productivity Measures, Steve Pollmann, USDA, Warming Panel
Evaluating the Farrowing Room for Today, Tomorrow
An industry panel shares perspectives on farrowing room needs
Productivity advancements can present subtle changes. Sure, a producer monitors his records and sets goals for continuous improvement, but space in existing barns remains constant. If a producer... (more...)
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A-Crate, anti-crush bars, bigger litter sizes, bigger piglets, Borgic Farms, delayed piglet weaning, easy to clean creep flooring, Farmweld, farrowing crate, farrowing room micro environments, farrowing specialists, Frank Brummer, Jeremy Marchant-Forde, Josh Matli, larger piglet weaning weights, Larry Rueff, more sow gestation space, Phil Borgic, piglet creep area, removeable sow create rump bars, Warming Panel
Farmweld Offers A-CrateTM for Today’s Farrowing Room
TEUTOPOLIS, Illinois, October 4, 2016 – Farmweld, Inc., is proud to present the A-Crate, an improved farrowing crate that better meets the needs of today’s sows and farrowing room workers.
“We designed the A-Crate with the sow, piglets,... (more...)
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A-Crate, durability, Farmweld, farrowing crate, farrowing crate easy installation, pig saver flip bars, piglet warming center, sow area, sow comfort, sow feeder, sow feeders, swinging rump guard gates, today's farrowing room, today's sows, workers
