Management

Implementing precision feeding through the use of electronic feeders improves sow and piglet performance while providing economic, environmental, and animal welfare benefits.

This is how one of the Tosh Pork farms in the United States works, combining technology, production efficiency, and social commitment. In this first article, we present the structure, work culture, and overview of U.S. swine production.

The study confirms the negative impact of both chronic and acute heat stress on feed intake in lactating sows and validates nutritional and management strategies to mitigate it.

We are sharing an example of a sow card used to record basic breeding sow data, which is essential on all farms regardless of their size.

Do we know how to communicate the main objective of correct data collection? What clues can make us suspect that the data are not being properly recorded?

In today's context of high production costs and increasing pressure from environmental regulations, swine production faces the challenge of balancing production efficiency with the environmental and economic sustainability of the industry. A key factor in this equation is feed particle size, where simple actions available to the producer can achieve significant improvements.

From their respective academic and on-farm positions, Josep Gasa and Josep Casanovas discuss a study on the performance and welfare of sows exposed to auditory environmental enrichment.

This is how to assemble an "emergency" ramp using the insulation panels left over from the construction of the nursery.

This farm has built a small chute to vaccinate an entire pen of piglets in record time.

Three different motivational drivers have been identified, each corresponding to a specific behavioral pattern: two-phase, sudden-forceful, and obsessive.

Animals tell us how they feel, but do we understand what they are telling us?