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Farrowing feeding for sow production: What to consider to improve profitability and productivity

Feeding a Farrowing Sow: What Should we Consider? From feeder costs to feed palatability, here are some of the hot topics to think about when you are choosing the right sow feeding system for your farrowing rooms. Farrowing Feeding Methods Farrowing sows play an essential role in pig production since sow and litter performance can influence the swine industry’s next outcomes. Considering ...

The History of Pig Farrowing Pens

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 ...

Meta-Analysis Results to be presented during IPPE Technology XChange

The results of a meta-analysis showing that Saccharomyces cerevisiae boulardii CNCM I-1079 helps increase sow feed intake during lactation, will be presented during a Technology XChange at the International Processing and Production Expo (IPPE), in ...

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Farrowing Pen

The Vissing Agro farrowing crate is designed to give the sow and the piglets enough space during the whole lactating period. The wings with the bended fingers are supporting on the whole back and give the piglets a good access to the sow. The penning is made from light plastic board profiles and together with the special brackets for the rear plate it’s easy to protect the cleaning gap ...