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Pig production is the systematic rearing of pig breeds on scientifically based management principles for economic benefit. The main objectives of pig production are to provide consumers with pig meat and related products and to generate income for farmers.
Pig production plays a significant role in the livestock industry, providing an important source of protein and other valuable products. The systematic approach to pig rearing ensures that the pigs are healthy and well-cared for, which in turn leads to better quality products and higher yields. The focus on scientific principles and efficient management helps to reduce waste and increase profitability for farmers.
A swine producer who masters the art of good management has excellent profit opportunities. This is especially true with disease prevention and control. A healthy herd of good-growing, quality breeding animals — adequately fed and housed — provides maximum profit opportunities for the owner who does not over-spend for facilities and/or feed.
Geneticists at JSR, the UK's leading pig genetics company, are uniting with top research scientists at The University of Guelph, Ontario and representatives from major abattoirs, to tackle the persistent problem of boar taint. Utilizing the most advanced gene marker technology, the multi-talented team is aiming to identify the genes responsible for high levels of androstenone and skatole - the two compounds that cause boar taint - enabling them to accelerate the 'low taint' selection...
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Our thanks to the author and Conference Organisers, a Committee consisting of both University and Industry colleagues. The full paper will appear in the Conference Proceedings ('Recent Advances in Animal Nutrition - 2007', edited by Phil Garnsworthy and Julian Wiseman) published by Nottingham University Press in the autumn of 2007 www.nup.com ...
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Our thanks to the author and Conference Organisers, a Committee consisting of both University and Industry colleagues. The full paper will appear in the Conference Proceedings ('Recent Advances in Animal Nutrition - 2007', edited by Phil Garnsworthy and Julian Wiseman) published by Nottingham University Press in the autumn of 2007 www.nup.com ...
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Our thanks to the author and Conference Organisers, a Committee consisting of both University and Industry colleagues. The full paper will appear in the Conference Proceedings ('Recent Advances in Animal Nutrition - 2007', edited by Phil Garnsworthy and Julian Wiseman) published by Nottingham University Press in the autumn of 2007 www.nup.com ...
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New infrastructure being purchased on behalf of the University of Manitoba will allow the institution to expand its capabilities and capacities for swine research. On September 7, the federal government announced it will provide almost $200,000 to Manitoba Pork Council for the purchase of new equipment to be installed at the National Centre for Livestock and the Environment (NCLE) at Glenlea. The funding will cover the purchase new electronic sow feeders for tracking feed...
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An innovative electronic sow feeding system for group-housed sows has been given the thumbs-up by US pig producers. The positive feedback came from an expert panel of judges who reviewed the systems in the new products portfolio presented at this year's World Pork Expo 2007 in Des Moines, Iowa. In more than 100 countries, the name Big Dutchman stands for innovation, quality and future-oriented know-how. And this was confirmed by the panel who reviewed new products for top US-journal...
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Simple and economical retrofitting of exhaust air chimneys. Especially in regions with a high livestock density, farm expansions often receive a building permission only on the condition that the installation of an efficient exhaust air cleaning system is planned. This is often required for the new building, sometimes for any existing buildings and quite often even for all buildings on the farm. The following problem might arise: traditional exhaust air cleaning systems with more...
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Europe has had to live with increasingly stringent constraints on piggery system outputs for several years. The introduction of the Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control (IPPC) directive in the UK in January 2007 is an example of the government taking the lead on environmental management of piggery operations. Governmental regulation on the outputs of piggery systems in Australia was also thought to be the next stage of control. An example of this was to be the introduction of...
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European market leader in everyday livestock equipment The company Schippers celebrates its 40th anniversary at the end of this year. In 1967 Martien Schippers laid down the basis of the company as it currently exists. During the last 40 years the company has grown to be the biggest player in the field of day-to-day livestock farming equipment. The current organization has developed into a very professional company with 170 employees, active in...
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The Croatian town of Belje located in the border triangle of Hungary, Croatia and Serbia, is looking back on a tradition of more than 100 years in pig management. The special trait of local pig managers is that they go for innovations. The Croatian company Agrokor d.d.* has continued this tradition by constructing two ultra-modern sow management farms each for a number of 1,400 sows. For the housing equipment Agrokor d.d. has chosen the German equipment supplier Big Dutchman as their...
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Open day in Nordhorn, Germany Alfons uit het Broek decided on expanding his operation by constructing a pig house with 2,000 finishing places. The inauguration of the new house will be celebrated on 3 July with an open day from 10pm till 4pm. Interested pig producers, relatives and friends from both sides of the German-Dutch border are welcome to inspect the brand new building and its equipment. A visit will be especially worthwhile for farmers who are planning to...
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Nedap continues its roll out of Nedap Velos throughout all parts of Europe by installing the first Czech installation, end of May 2007, on a 350 sow unit. By implementing the sow management based on Nedap electronic identification, this farm has enabled itself to combine the existing low-cost building with high level of sow management and low labor requirements. Every pregnant sow is automatically and continuously provided with the accurate amount of feed and checked for heath....
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Leading pig genetics company JSR have enlisted the services of Independent Production Consultant Paul Wright - and his exclusive Checkmate® software - to help ensure genetic potential translates into optimum on-farm profitability.
Checkmate, a physical and financial monitoring programme designed specifically for the pig production industry, accurately estimates the profit potential of any given unit. Most importantly, it also formulates a detailed, yet concise, regime focussed on maximising...
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Two, state-of-the-art sow facilities have been officially opened by Croatia's ministry of agriculture. Both of the 1,400-sow farms have been constructed in partnership with Big Dutchman, who have supplied and installed the housing and equipment. The Croatian town of Belje, located in the border triangle of Hungary, Croatia and Serbia, is looking back on a tradition of more than 100 years in pig management. The key skill of local pig managers here, is that they like innovation....
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The Big Dutchman group develops and sells housing equipment and computer-controlled feeding systems for modern pig and poultry management and the company is currently seeking two sales managers for positions in Asia and Western Europe. For more than 60 years now, the name Big Dutchman has been a trademark for long-lasting quality and unsurpassed know-how. As recognized market leader of the entire industry and to put our future plans into practice, we rely on the commitment and...
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Regardless of where pigs are produced the objectives should be the same: to optimise the quantity of pig meat produced per sow per year or per lifetime, at minimal cost. For the modern sow and pig genotypes, with pigs being sold at 100 kg liveweight, the objective should be to produce at least 1 tonne of carcass lean per sow per year. This is achieved as in Table 1. Table 1. Targets for producing 1 tonne of carcass lean per sow per year with pigs sold at 100 kg...
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Recently in Poland there has been more and more talk about the need for further specialisation of farms. In the case of pig farming this means differentiating clearly between piglet rearing and piglet finishing.
This kind of production method has been practised successfully in other countries for some time already, but even here in Poland it is gaining more and more favourable support. It is now possible to find many piglets on the market which stem from new farms with a high standard of...
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Research conducted at the Prairie Swine Centre suggests the optimum group size for the efficient operation of autosort swine handling systems is in the range of 500 to 600 pigs. Autosort swine handling systems allow pigs to be electronically sorted according weight. After crossing a scale the pigs, depending on how close they are to market weight, are directed into designated areas for shipment, final finishing or to receive special diets. Research scientist in animal...
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In the swine breeding industry, when customers or producers talk about the merits of sow lines, they mainly talk about the number of born piglets. The philosophy of Hypor R&D has moved beyond this to focus on Weaning Capacity. Weaning Capacity is Hypor's description of a sow's ability, or capacity, to wean piglets. The term 'capacity' is used in the following manner: "This sow has high capacity to wean pigs". 'Weaning Capacity' is a 'composite" term that takes into account the...
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Docility of stock has been a major factor in the success of a new Spanish pig unit which is among the first in that country to install a group housing system in advance of EU legislation that will prohibit the use of sow stalls in 2013.
Marcial Chico runs an integrated 7,300-sow operation producing 150,000 finishing pigs a year in the Aranda de Duero region of northern Spain. To improve productivity, his company, SAT 322, changed breeding stock supplier to British breeders, ACMC and now runs...
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