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Are you thinking about switching to batch farrowing?

2016-09-12 15:06:00| National Hog Farmer

By Ron Ketchem and Mark Rix, Swine Management Services LLC, Fremont, Neb. (First in a two-part series) Batch farrowing fills the want of larger numbers of pigs allowing for filling a single nursery, finisher or wean-to-finish site within a few days with similar-aged pigs so the site can be operated all in-all out. This helps to improve overall health of the pigs, reducing exposure of the site to multiple sources of pigs. read more

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