Proper gilt development is your future, so ensure young females are surviving.

What is more valuable to your operation to get more turns and produce more pigs or fewer older bigger pigs?

SHIC sponsored study will include a proactive risk assessment systematically evaluating the potential risk of semen movements during an outbreak.

Sow barn farrowing assistance protocols may need to be revised considering sow parity and the expected litter size.

Some advantages exist for moving to an older weaning age.

A novel biomarker measured early and able to predict future performance is an ideal strategy for the selection of high-performing sows.

Many herds have figured out that maximizing gilt production takes extra time, resources and the discipline to develop gilts correctly every day.

Feeding lactation diets to sows ad libitum for three days prior to farrowing increased weaning weight compared to sows fed once daily prior to farrowing.

Blueprint Issue: Maternal amino acid supply impacts piglet productivity at multiple gestation stages.