Going without feed could have both long-term and short-term effects for pigs, so even occasional feed outages should be avoided. | File photo

Broken hog feed systems need to be fixed

It’s hard to fix a problem that people don’t realize, or admit, is happening. That’s something the developers of a feed pipe monitoring system realized when they examined data from hog barns they worked with. Hog feeder barns were having many feed supply breakdowns and nobody realized how much production was probably being thrown away. […] Read more

The FeedFlo feed sensor is working in scores of barns in the U.S. hog belt, where it accurately measures whether feed is flowing to pens in the barn and notifies producers if something goes wrong at the bin, in the pipes or with the pigs themselves. | Screencap via feedflo.com

Firm simplifies system monitoring to reduce down time

Successful technology often arises from figuring out how to simplify something that’s exceedingly complex. That’s what Casey Forsyth and his team at FeedFlo think they’ve managed to do with their feed pipe monitoring system. Their model is working in scores of barns in the U.S. hog belt, where it accurately measures whether feed is flowing […] Read more