Farmex: Seasonal tip – check ventilation now
Large swings between daytime and night-time temperatures can trigger vices. Farmex reminds producers to ensure ventilation is working properly to improve pig welfare.
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Sustainable pork production in the age of climate change
The pig industry needs to counteract concerns about climate change and provide evidence we are making efforts to minimize our environmental footprint.
ARM Buildings: Windows solution for emergency ventilation
Drop-out window panels will automatically open in an emergency when normal ventilation is interfered with, safeguarding the health and welfare of pigs.
Effect of ventilation settings on ammonia and odour emissions
A higher set-point temperature significantly lowered odour emissions compared to the reference, and had the potential to lower NH3 emissions.
Hog Slat launches new Infinity Fan line at Iowa Pork Congress
Hog Slat’s Infinity Fans utilize advanced motor technology to lower energy costs, improve speed control, and reduce maintenance.
The Yangxiang project
Interview with the owner of Yangxiang to understand a bit better the development of the project and what they have learned.
Report: Yangxiang, the 9-storey farm
333, together with Javier Lorente, visits the spectacular Chinese farm in which 28,000 sows are housed in 9-storey buildings.
Autumn ventilation checks vital
After the long, hot summer, pig farmers are being urged to check their piggery ventilation systems very carefully – and get expert help if necessary – if problems are to be avoided as the weather cools down.
Olivia Hartshorn wins Nick Bird Award
Olivia Hartshorn, from Staffordshire, has won the 2019 Nick Bird Award, at Harper Adams University for her dissertation on ventilation design in pig finisher houses and its impact on animal performance.
Winter warning to pig farmers
If you have controlled-environment houses, check that your fail-safe batteries are working.
Fighting the heatwave...
Ventilation requires a high precision...
Heat stress
When summer comes we must check the ventlation system...
Effect of pad cooling on summer barn environment and finishing pig temperature
The objective was to compare tunnel ventilated finishing barns with cool cell pads (PAD) or without (CONTROL) for barn climate and pig temperature.
Don’t panic – manage piggery ventilation sensibly
Farmers shouldn’t panic but need to be more realistic about their piggery ventilation management during the heat-wave conditions that Britain has been experiencing, according to an environmental specialist.
How much of an issue is heat stress for sows?
Nutritional approaches, adapting the diet and using feed additives, can help sows cope with heat stress.
Removal of hydrogen sulphide from pig house using biofilter with fungi
Removal of hydrogen sulphide in a biofilter correlates with the presence of fungi. The biofilter removed more than 60% of hydrogen sulphide in the presence of fungi.