Batch farrowing made sense for Nate and Doug Hoeing’s sow operation. The brothers run a 1,200-sow operation on a family farm in Rush County, Indiana. Farrowing sows once a month instead of weekly offers a couple of major benefits.
“The...
Farmscape for March 1, 2022
Full Interview 7:12
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The Director of Risk Management with HAMS Marketing Services is advising pork producers to focus on risk management strategies amid the market volatility being created by Russia's invasion of Ukraine....
SwineCast 1186 Show Notes:
What's happened in efficiency and productivity and how should that affect our facility design for today and the future?
Joining us for part two in this three part series to talk about the degree and...
JBS SA, the world’s largest meat supplier, has tapped one of its outside law firms for a new head of ethics and compliance as it looks to turn the page on antitrust woes that have cost the company and...
Source: PigHealthToday.com
Pablo Moreno, DVM
Pablo Moreno, DVM, Swine Veterinary and Production International Service LLC, recently spoke with Pig Health Today about implementing best biosecurity practices as discussed in his recent Peer Circles webinar hosted by Zoetis.
Q: On your webinar, you...
The colder weather this time of the year is not only harder on us, but also harder on our pigs. One issue is that we typically see increased incidences of virus outbreaks on farms such as PRRS and PED....
Farmscape for January 17, 2022
Full Interview 12:03
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Initial results of a Swine Health Information Center funded Infectious Aerosols Biocontainment Project conducted by University of Minnesota have been released. Researchers with the University of Minnesota are examining existing and...
AutoFlex Connect enables producers to monitor, control, and manage ventilation, feed inventory and usage, water usage, animal inventories, and more at their sites.
The key to AutoFlex Connect’s best-in-class ventilation is its VentGrid™ merged ventilation.
VentGrid is a powerful feature that...
"Charting is a little like surfing. You don't have to know a lot about the physics of tides, resonance, and fluid dynamics in order to catch a good wave. You just have to be able to sense when it's...
Source: Bloomberg
A top meatpacker is halting sales of some pork products in California, in the first sign of fallout from the state’s new law demanding more space on farms for the animals.
Seaboard Foods, the second-largest U.S. pig producer and...