Tips on pigs: farm management techniques

This trick consists in using a spring for holding the semen bag during the insemination.

Mating the stimulated sows eases the sperm transport to the oviduct, where they meet the ova.

Build a fence to keep the weaned piglets in a farrowing pen.

Write down events or treatments on the windows as if they were a blackboard.

Many swine production units in North America have incorporated fumigation rooms into their barn design.

The goal is to record the sows' feeding level when fed manually.

This watch has three circles: the blue one represents the hours, the green one the liveborn piglets, and the red one the stillborn piglets.

The goal is to lose as little time as possible when looking for someone on the farm.