Step-by-step tutorial guides you in replacing worn anchor bearings. To source the correct replacement, click this Cross-Reference Chart. Click to watch the video.
Begin by shutting off the power to the feed system. Next close the slide on the...
We omitted one important task in our winterizing buildings article...evaporative cool cell systems.
The critical point here is draining all the water out of the system to prevent damage during freezing weather. Even if freezing is not a problem in...
The E-Z Clean corner simplifies management by permitting an easy visual check of the corner wheels and quick access to any problem.
The corners are undoubtedly the weakest link on any chain disk system. Over time any moisture entering...
With the extremely hot weather occurring right now throughout much of the
United States, proper temperature control and ventilation are essential in swine barns to help protect animals from heat stress that can compromise their health and performance.
Heat stress directly...
Automated ceiling inlets offer a time-saving alternative to gravity inlets.
While the fans are our ventilation system’s visible, noisy engines, the air inlets play a larger role during cooler weather. Before reaching the animal level, incoming air should enter at...
Tips for prepping your small swine farm in the colder months.
Do you own and manage a small swine herd operation? Many things need to be addressed for the comfort and needs of the pigs as the seasons change and...
Read our list of practical steps to add to your weekly checklist to prevent longer term repairs and make overall maintenance easier.
Part of a successful strategy involves spreading hog facility maintenance tasks across different timelines to keep them from...
At the recent United Nations COP26 conference on climate change, more than 130 global leaders committed to reducing carbon emissions in an effort to curb global warming. It was another reminder that the livestock industry, including pork, is not...
Like athletes using technology and training methods to get “bigger, faster, stronger” and reach elite performance, pork producers around the world are looking for technologies and management methods to make their production systems “better, faster, more profitable” and investing...
Innovative Heating Technologies continues to expand its distribution network through a partnership with Novagri S.A. to distribute Hog Hearth Heat Mats in South America.
“At IHT, we have been looking to grow our global outreach with the right partners,” comments...
