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12 Reasons Why You Should Consider 24/7 Farrowing Care

2014-06-12 18:31:00| National Hog Farmer

By Larry Coleman, DVM, Broken Bow, NE I recently asked National Hog Farmer readers to consider the possibility of instituting 24/7 sow and piglet care in an article entitled, Ultimate Swine Leadership Challenge" (National Hog Farmer, February 15, 2014). I indicated that successful implementation of a 24/7 farrowing care system is actually a leadership challenge rather than simply a financial decision. However, I neglected to give many of the reasons why I believe that 24/7 farrowing care is so advantageous to modern swine production. Its time to remedy that by providing some additional information. Here are my Top Twelve reasons why producers should consider implementing 24/7 farrowing care. read more

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