Page 2 of articles about trough

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%.

We explain a simple and easy method for cleaning creep feeders.

The goal is to be able to make that some individual dispensers do not deliver feed when they are all full

The most difficult thing for sows is learning to open doors. Here we show an easy and practical way to achieve it.