Pen System Articles & Analysis
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Evidence for the domestication of sus scrofa domesticus - or in common parlance, the “domestic pig” - extends back over 10 thousand years ago, though the first examples of pig farrowing pens only appeared in the early 19th century. Some of the earliest examples come from the United Kingdom, where in 1807 “Mr. Pattinson’s Pig Cases” were promoted to produce healthier ...
Will I need to have a smaller herd if I want to keep the same building footprint? Gestating pen design : Should I go for static or dynamic group management? Can we put gilts in a pen with sows or do gilts need their own specific pen? ...
The second installment in the series “Happy Fish - How Aquaculture Operators are Growing Better Fish.” This section outlines some of the current challenges and trends in NetPen Systems, otherwise known as open ocean systems. The global aquaculture industry is still young. It’s growing at nearly twice the rate of agriculture, and it supplies over 60 percent of the seafood we ...
Since its establishment in 2010, the farm has used pen housing. The original open pen system at High Power Pork LLC was ready for an upgrade and when evaluating remodel options for the farm, the team considered cost, previous experience with ESF, need for gilt acclimation in both stalls and ESF, and ease of installation. The team still wanted to ...