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...)
One thing is certain, within a sow herd there is constant change. Simply by the fact that a sow moves from one parity to the next brings forth a change. Small changes in litter size can have a big impact on the lactation demands placed on a sow. Appetite,... (more...)
