A technology developer from Denmark has devised a system that provides smaller piglets with a safer way to feed
A problem with crushed piglets and a problem with hungry piglets might be aspects of the same problem. So suggested Lars Brunse, a Danish swine expert and technology developer whose company examined 308 crushed piglets to see if they had similarities. It found that 78 percent had empty stomachs and 56 percent had never had […] Read moreSows and farrowing — page 2
Big futures trades harder in all-electronic world
Report concludes all-electronic trading has not affected the cost per trade, although pit trading did add an option value
WINNIPEG — Who were the winners and losers when Chicago shut its live trading floors for livestock futures and sent everything to the electronic world? That’s a question two economists at the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission have attempted to answer in a new article in the American Journal of Agricultural Economics. Large futures users, […] Read more
Uncertainty looms for hog sector in the wake of Prop 12
The impacts of a California animal welfare law that took full effect on the first day of 2024 are already being felt, according to Manitoba Pork general manager Cam Dahl. “Yes, Jan. 1 was a deadline but, in truth, Proposition 12 has been enforced since July,” he said. Proposition 12, or Prop 12, is a […] Read more
Batch farrowing is a strategy that can improve hog health
Conventional farm health wisdom focuses on vaccines, antibiotics and other medical interventions. In addition to these hallmarks of pig health management, some farms have gone back to basics in designing pig flow through their operations to improve animal health. Pig flow also affects sustainability of the farm’s human resources, marketing of hogs and profitability. In […] Read more
