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Continuous monitoring of sow weight has significantly improved feed use efficiency and sow longevity.

To have good gilt performance, producers and vets must value those gilts and invest accordingly. Dr. Clayton Johnson from Carthage Veterinary Services shares some tips about gilt productive development.

Here's how to make a modular gate that is adjustable in length and can easily be installed in all the aisles of the sow farm.

This article covers the main sow-related factors that can cause regular returns to estrus.

This article covers the main semen- or boar-related factors that can cause regular returns to estrus.

It is not only related to NPDs, but it can also have a greater impact than we first thought.

The strategy involves synchronizing the gilts so they come into heat at the same time, in order to properly manage the number of inseminations targeted for each lot.

The weaning-to-service interval is a short but vital period regarding the productivity of the sow.

The goal is to inseminate quickly the sows after the first stimulus by the boar, but keeping the stimulation.