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Even healthy pigs can give producers a headache

In many countries, pig health and pig welfare have been important topics, but pig producers themselves tend to get less attention. Nevertheless, respiratory problems among swine producers appear to be a fairly common phenomenon – and they can strike worldwide. There are ways to prevent these.
By Vincent ter Beek  Pig Farmer, Erik Odelman, is cleaning some farrowing crates. The mask helps him filter the air... read more »

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Stockmanship and teamwork

High quality stockmanship, supported by good man management and fellow workers who operate well as a team, with a fine team spirit, are the key factors in the success on any pig production enterprise. Such a team helps to make efficient use of all the resources; the healthy pigs of high genetic merit, the good quality diets and the housing, penning and environmental control systems, plus the capital investment in general. These are the corner stones of the pig production enterprise. read more >

Training pays for stockpeople

The EU funded Leonardo Da Vinci Programme Pilot and Multiplier Projects have demonstrated the value of effective education and training in the workplace. These projects in the agricultural livestock sector have been lead and coordinated by the University of Aberdeen. Partners from Spain, Portugal, Greece, Italy, France, Norway, Lithuania, Poland, Czech Republic and Cyprus have been also involved in the Project. read more >
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