A recent study, funded by the Saskatchewan Pork Development Fund for the Prairie Swine Centre, shows farmers may be able to lower energy costs in their gestation and grow-finish barns.
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Pigs have their say when setting the temperature
Study that teaches pigs how to operate a thermostat suggests the animals may prefer cooler temperatures in barn during winter
Hog industry encouraged to focus more on nutrition
Some basic areas of pig nutrition are still poorly understood, Prairie Swine Centre nutrition researcher Dan Columbus told the Animal Nutrition Conference of Canada. “Research is very hard to do in sows. It takes a long time. It’s expensive,” said Columbus, while explaining why he thinks sow diet formulation is so crudely done. “Overall the […] Read more
