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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.
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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Big Dutchman’s volume dispenser for individual feeding of sows has become a real bestseller, with the 250,000th model being sold recently.
The recipient was the Westermeyer and Sehlmeyer GbR in Bohmte, Northern Germany. Close to the city of Bohmte, Arnd Sehlmeyer, as well as Christoph, Mathias and Franz-Josef Westermeyer are close to inaugurating their brand-new pig house that will be large enough for a total of 479 animals.
On the occasion of this special sales record, Big Dutchman Pig...
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Leaving the door open in a piggery - whether through forgetfulness or to 'improve' ventilation - can cost producers a small fortune, according to Nick Bird, director of Reading-based farm energy specialists, Farmex.
The cost of wasted heat has emerged from the company's energy monitoring project on UK farms. On one farm a faulty latch to a weaner room added an extra £5 per day to the heating costs. The monitoring system showed peaks of electricity use due to the door swinging open during the...
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Draminski will greet all Eurotier visitors at Hall 26, Stand L29, and will present the new ultrasound scanners DRAMINSKI Animal Profi (for professional ultrasound diagnosis), and DRAMINSKI SonoFarm Profi (for quick and easy pregnancy detection). This two are the first ultrasound scanners which combines full portability, superior picture quality and extreme durability!
Customers who make an order during the show, will receive a 10% discount for all DRAMINSKI products.
The company, based in...
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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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