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Scheduling certain tasks, monitoring spare parts stock, checking electrical elements - what does proper maintenance management consist of?

Since 1998, IFIP has had an experimental farm located in Romillé, Brittany, France, which allows them to run all types of trials at all stages of production.

Straw is the best enrichment material to meet pigs' needs. How can we provide it?

What can we do to face the challenges in the industry? Innovate, research, and bring science closer to the field.

The farmer decided to use a facility that was previously used for finishing pigs for the final growth phase of gilts. He adapted the liquid feeders to be able to feed dry feed semi-ad libitum.

This award recognizes farms that excel in the areas of quality, biosecurity, health, animal welfare, and reducing environmental impact.

What can cause an increase in the feed conversion ratio of pigs without altering mortality or average daily gain?

Which management factors can affect the feed conversion ratio? Enric Marco covers how all-in all-out, density, trough space, and filling and emptying of barns can lose us money.

A simple piece of hardware could protect your piglet feeders from damage and save you time when cleaning.

The payment this grow out receives for its pigs is about 1.5 cents/kg live weight higher compared to the rest of the finishing farms of the same origin.

Deviations from the sow's normal consumption pattern during the lactation phase have important production implications.

Do you know which feeding system best fits your needs? This article describes and compares the systems that have been implemented in the last years: feeding ball, dry and wet feeding systems.

How to achieve the 6 kg average daily intake that today's high-producing lactating sows need?

The second part of this article tells us what we can learn from sow's nesting instinct, creep-feed intake, relationship with the operator and groups formation in camping systems for use in our closed farms.

How much space is needed to optimise performance with the current slaughter weights?

The two measures studied would allow to reduce liveweight variability at slaughter by 10-15%.