Tips on pigs: farm management techniques

The idea is to modify the doors of the pen where sows are housed in groups to increase the contact with the boar.

Finding alternatives to reduce the number of nurse sows by maximising the number of suckling piglets per sow.

Usual standard on many farms to identify a sow with different genetics quickly.

Improving piglets' comfort in the farrowing pens by offering them more surface for resting.

This method works especially well in farms where pens are wide or have unusual dimensions.

Save time, work and water when cleaning the buildings.

This trick consists in creating a nest using the crates back corridor.

The week of birth is tattooed on the animals`ears to know their age at all times.