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Farms that fail to manage intergenerational integration run risks that directly affect their productivity and sustainability.

The key takeaways highlight that environmental microbiomes matter—installing a positive biofilm on surfaces in farm buildings helps maintain a favorable microbial environment in the nursery—while animal gut resilience is equally essential and requires supporting microbial balance, immunity, and the management of oxidative stress to optimize their post-weaning performance.

An in-depth understanding of the customer is essential for pig farmers who want to become more competitive, shifting from a tactical, production-focused approach to a strategic, customer-based approach.

The livestock farms associated with the project evaluate and verify the improvement measures proposed in the plans based on the ClassyFarm self-assessment questionnaires.

Despite the global dynamics of a growing sector, pig farming faces difficulties in attracting and retaining young talent.

Reducing costs in pig feed formulation depends not on a single action, but on the strategic integration of multiple factors: precision in formulation, ingredient selection, use of technologies, and efficient management of the nutrition model and purchasing.

We need a container for syringes, needles, medicine bottles, sprays, and markers. Sometimes you see improvised and inadequate containers on farms, but the one presented here is very simple and functional.

This installment focuses on the effects of heat stress on sow fertility.

When we manage errors systematically, we stop punishing symptoms and start addressing the real causes.

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.

Two models of exoskeletons were tested on farms to evaluate whether they improved working conditions during piglet vaccination.

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.

In the first two months, the outbreak caused more than 600 abortions and more than 150 sow deaths, destroying the weekly batch structure.

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?

This article describes some practices for improving environmental control and the costs involved in their implementation.

The relatively short but very intense lactation period is undoubtedly a key phase in pig production for both sows and piglets. The fragility of the piglets and the significant demands that sows face at this stage make early detection of problems essential. Do we understand what the animals are telling us?