Food comes from farms: Wanted: A good home for pigs
Watch this episode of Food Comes from Farms to view the conditions that pigs live in on a daily basis.
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Use of water micro-sprinklers for cooling the farrowing rooms
Micro-sprinklers were installed above the windows in order to reduce the temperature in the farrowing rooms in summer.
Sows in gestation crates
Erin Ehinger from Dykhuis farms in Michigan explains why individual sow housing allows her to provide the best possible care to the sows.
Numbering of liquid feed valves with sows' ear tags
Use of sows' ear tags for identifying each of the liquid feed valves with their corresponding number.
OECD: Cross Country Analysis of Farm Economic Performance
Large farm size is a factor of high economic performance for most types of farms across countries.
Chile: new regulations on animal welfare
Last May three new regulations, whose purpose is to increase the monitoring abilities of the SAG (Agricultural and Farming Service) on animal welfare, were approved.
Using data from electronic feeders on visit frequency and feed consumption to indicate tail biting outbreaks in commercial pig production
Data from electronic feeders on visit frequency and feed consumption can be used for surveillance of tail biting outbreaks in pigs.
United Kingdom: survey of buildings being used for pig production
Many buildings are at least 20 years old but producers can’t invest in replacements.
My new pig barn!
I started building this house this past January 2011 and just finished it on May 1, 2011. It holds 1200 pigs.
Influence of rearing system, diet and gender on performance, carcass traits and meat quality of white pigs
Feeding growing pigs with corn grain silage may reduce lean and ham percentage.
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NewsFrance encourages the building of biogas plants at the farms
The goal of the government is to develop in France, in year 2020, 1,000 biogas plants at the farms.
Ireland: new extension to deadline for submission of applications under the Sow Welfare Scheme
Sow Welfare Scheme would be extended for a final time from 2 April 2013 to Friday, 3 May 2013.
Efficient system for medicating the water in the tanks
Medication of the water in the tank in a quick way and without having to go up a ladder, and achieving a good mixing of the product.
Free gauge to check slat gaps
The handy, pocked-sized, stainless-steel gauge, with 14mm 16mm 18mm 20mm and 22mm graduations, enables farmers or stockmen to check slat gaps in various parts of their piggeries quickly and easily without fiddling with tapes or rulers.
Animal-related factors associated with piglet mortality in a bedded, group-farrowing system
Farrowing behavior, cross-fostering, birth weight and gender of piglets were investigated.
Osborne Industries Adds Farrowing, Gestation Stalls
New farrowing stalls by Osborne address the two major economic concerns in farrowing: pre-wean mortality and sow appetite.