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Thursday. December 27th, 2018Over the decades, pigs were taken from rooting outdoors to being kept inside pig houses, away from the mud and the dirt they are used to
Thursday. December 27th, 2018Moving pigs can be quite a nuisance if the animals don’t cooperate, pig management expert John Gadd wrote in a previous contribution
Wednesday. January 2nd, 2019Times are long gone when supplying minerals to pigs was a matter of one-size-fits-all. Sows have a different demand, depending on their parity, size and litter
Wednesday. January 2nd, 2019Zinc plays a key role in promoting fertility in males – this applies to pigs as well as humans and other species
Wednesday. January 2nd, 2019Hybrid rye could be attractive to U.S. producers given the plant’s agronomic characteristics.
Friday. January 18th, 2019Trials on a Devenish product for sows are now underway on commercial farms in the UK and Denmark.
Monday. January 21st, 2019Getting the young pig off to the right start and keeping it healthy and growing is the key to a high-quality end product as it relates to harvest hogs
Friday. February 15th, 2019Measuring the radiated temperature of a group of pigs by infrared themography may be a useful tool for early detection of disease as some Canadian researchers
Tuesday. February 19th, 2019Increasing wean-to-finish survival of pigs 1% would add approximately 1.2 million pigs each year to U.S. industry.
Wednesday. February 20th, 2019