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Lessons learned from Canadas National Sow Housing Conversion Project
2017-10-31 10:00:00| National Hog Farmer
The NSHCP ends its four-year project in December, and conversion experiences on 12 barns have been documented.
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Gilt and Sow Management Guidelines 2017: Section 1 General Farm Review
2017-10-17 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
This section provides checklists on key performance indicators related to general sow farm processes and performance.
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Group Sow Housing Offers Opportunity to Reduce Energy Costs
2017-10-13 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
CANADA - The Head Nutritionist with Gestal says pork producers are finding the cost of maintaining the body condition of gestating sows housed in groups in pens to be lower than that of sows housed individually in stalls, according to Bruce Cochrane.
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The sow body condition caliper, a paradigm change in sow management
2017-10-12 02:12:03| National Hog Farmer
By Mark Knauer, North Carolina State University & Dave Baitinger, Baitinger Engineering The importance of properly managing sow body condition is clear. Preventing over conditioned sows reduces gestation feed costs and enhances reproductive perfo
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Cargill bolsters its sow research capabilities with new Iowa technology application center
2017-10-10 21:57:00| National Hog Farmer
Cargills animal nutrition business is expanding its sow research capabilities with the opening of a new technology application center in Britt, Ia. Under the agreement, Cargill will lease the entire farm, which includes gestation, lactation, and gi
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