Milk yield, milk quality and large litters Pig herd performance has developed rapidly over the last two decades. Today 30 piglets or more weaned per sow...
UK’s University of Leeds opens National Pig Centre The University of Leeds in the United Kingdom recently opened the National Pig Centre, which comes with...
New feed weans 1.5 piglets more per sow Nikolaj Larsen owns the company NyborgAvl – a Danish multiplier with 550 Landrace-sows. Skinny sows and lack of...
How to train boars? On-farm boar manual Danish pig breeding company DanBred recently published a new manual on how to make a success of having their...
African Swine Fever The latest updates on the recent ASF outbreaks in Belgium and China, prevention, previous outbreaks and more.
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Attention to detail pays off in Serbia Serbia’s pig industry has to deal with a lot of challenges simultaneously – and African Swine Fever in...
How to better manage a gestation unit How to make sure that all aspects of breeding are performed at an optimal level. Danish breeding company DanBred...
4 piglet parameters for lifetime performance Genetic selection is leading to larger litters of piglets born with lowered levels of physiological maturity. As...
What if pigs went back to their roots? Over the decades, pigs were taken from rooting outdoors to being kept inside pig houses, away from the mud and...