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Swine producers with farrowing operations are invited to participate in the Farrowing Caretaker Interest Group being formed in Iowa. Iowa State University (ISU) Extension swine field specialist Dave Stender said the effort is an efficient way for conventional farrowers to connect with peers over a large geographical area.
The interest group is sponsored by ISU Extension, Iowa Pork Industry Center (IPIC), and the Iowa Pork Producers Association.
"Through this program, producers and...
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The Farm Animal Council of Saskatchewan Inc. (FACS) together with the Saskatchewan Pork Development Board is pleased to the “Award of Distinction for Hog Transportation Handling.”
Quality animal care and welfare are priorities for the livestock industry. Consumers and retailers demand assurance that the food they purchase and consume has been raised in a humane manner. Every step in the production process is critical for the pork industry to continue to provide nutritious, high quality pork...
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The challenge to get sows and gilts to cycle and then maintain subsequent pregnancy occurs every year. But with vets in some parts of the UK reporting increased incidence of reduced appetite resulting in failure to come on heat and, therefore, increased weaning to service intervals, producers are likely to be looking at ways of improving sow fertility. BPEX AI programme manager Angela Cliff says there is no definite pattern with infertility, so it is vital to provide sows with the...
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The challenge of bringing the full benefits of information technology (IT) to the pig industry will be tackled this autumn in the 5th Annual Fellowship in Pig Research sponsored by the Royal Agricultural College and NATWEST Agriculture.
The Fellow this year is Hugh Crabtree, director of Reading-based environmental control specialists Farmex Ltd, who will present his report on Tuesday November 7 at the RAC Cirencester, under the title: 'Can the promise of IT become a reality in pig...
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Researchers at Uppsala University, Sweden, have uncovered a genetic reason why newborn piglets are less tolerant to cold than other newborn mammals, reports the NPA. It turns out that the gene that codes for the protein UCP1 was inactivated some 20 million years ago in the evolutionary line that pigs belong to.
Brown fat plays an important role in newborn mammals, including our own children, since this tissue helps the newborn to maintain its body temperature by burning fat, which converts...
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The Chairman of the New Zealand Pork Industry Board has challenged the government to improve both border controls and down-stream biosecurity systems which he says are inadequate and pose serious threats to the New Zealand economy.
Chris Trengrove, told delegates attending the Annual Pork Industry Conference this week, that the risks associated with illegal food and animal products being imported into New Zealand, affected not just the agricultural industry but the entire New Zealand...
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Dear friends, I have 15 porks in a wide barn. They have plenty of food and water, but yesterday I saw one of them trying to take a bite from another pig. Looking carefully I found some bite marks on this pork, which have healed (they were light). Should I put this animal away from the rest to protect it? Thank you for the ideas you may come with... ...
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In a video recording of a truck's interior, several pigs being transported from a farm to slaughter stand stiffly with their legs apart. For the entire length of the journey, the pigs maintain this posture - bracing themselves and balancing their weight against the accelerations and decelerations of the truck.
They stay standing because if they lie down, the slightest fluctuation in the truck's speed or direction would send them tumbling into the walls or each other. Upon arrival, the...
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The worldwide leading manufacturer of housing equipment, the Big Dutchman group, receives prominent support on the Finnish market: as of 15 March, 2006, Kesko Agro Ltd. took over the distribution of pig housing equipment as exclusive Big Dutchman distributor in the "Country of Thousand Lakes".
Kesko Agro is a 100% subsidiary company of the market leader in the Finnish trading sector, the listed Kesko Oyj, that achieved a turnover of 8.3 billion Euros in the past year. "Kesko Agro is a big...
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Once again Big Dutchman receives official awards for its current new product developments.
In the run-up to the Agromek, due to took place from 16-21 January in Herning in Denmark, it was announced that the trademark of the world-wide market leader in housing and feeding equipment from Vechta-Calveslage will be listed a total of four times in the renowned list of innovations of this largest annual agricultural mechanization exhibition in Northern Europe.
Big Dutchman's innovative...
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Vostermans Ventilation B.V. has launced an new product to easily manage the control of temperature and humidity.
With the Humidcon-s it becomes rather simple to support the control of humidity and/or temperature in various types of applications.
The accurate Humidcon-s can be used for greenhouses, storage rooms, barns for dairy, pork or poultry and/or warehouses, where humidity and/or temperature need to be controlled.
With the Humidcon-s you have the possibility to run on a timer or...
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Monitoring the performance of pigs while they are still in their pens - as opposed to simply recording it after slaughter - can save even average-sized herds thousands of pounds. Over 50 British pig units are now doing just this by utilising the Barn Report system, pioneered by Reading-based monitoring specialists, Farmex.
Many of the benefits from this 'spy in the sty' come from using specially-written software to analyse key factors, such as water and feed consumption and temperature...
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Hello from Colombia. I have a little question for this forum. I want to castrate my growing pigs. When is the average age/weight to perform the castration? And what about anesthesia? Some say to do it without anesthesia, but I think is cruel for animals. What do you think about it? Thank you for your time. ...
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