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Strategies to move more pigs from birth to harvest

2020-01-16 15:20:00| ThePigSite - Industry News

Litter sizes on US hog farms have steadily increased over the past couple of decades, with 14, 16, even 20 pigs per litter commonplace. But thats a good-news/bad-news development as those large litters often come at a price, which is more low-birthweight piglets.

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