Batch farrowing for the pig industry
Primefact Number: 143 Edition: First edition Released/reviewed: 01 Jan 2007
This Primefact provides a brief overview of batch farrowing, a key production strategy for the pig industry, and discusses the use of the Batch Farrowing Planner (Microsoft® Excel spreadsheet).
Batch farrowing provides larger groups of weaners which allow age-segregated rearing to be coupled with split-sex feeding and phase-feeding strategies. Profitability is increased through:
- improved growth rates and feed conversions;
- improved health;
- reduced medication and costs;
- improved farrowing rates; and
- improved number born alive and weaned.
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