bernie peet Peet on Pigs A relatively small deviation in several parameters may easily add up to a reduction in income of $4-$5 per hog. On 500 pigs per week, that’s up to $130,000 in lost margin each year. Bernie Peet is president of Pork Chain Consulting Ltd. of Lacombe, Alberta, and editor of Western
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Throughput Key To Minimizing Production Cost
Automatic system diverts pigs to new groups based on weight
Pen widths and selection weights Pen width (ft.) Total pen area (ft. 2) Area/pig (ft. 2), based on 420 pigs Min. weight at transfer (lb.) 28 2296 5.47 128 32 2624 6.25 152 36 2952 7.03 170 42 3444 8.20 203 47 3854 9.17 228 53 4346 10.35 255 Bernie Peet is president of Pork
Hog Industry Fights Against Swine Flu Backlash
“Importers from other countries are really nervous about buying right now.” – JURGEN PREUGSCHAS, CPC Canadians are being urged to eat more pork as the hog industry mounts a publicity drive against a backlash from the H1N1 Influenza A virus that has become known as swine flu. The Canadian Pork Council and its marketing arm
Dealing With Sick Or Injured Pigs
Just treating pigs with antibiotics without knowing the cause of the health problem is not only hit and miss, but will delay effective treatment and possibly compromise pig welfare. Bernie Peet is president of Pork Chain Consulting Ltd. of Lacombe, Alberta, and edi tor of Western Hog Journal. His columns will run every second week
Effort To Save Feed Costs Worthwhile
It’s hard work, but most hog farmers could save $2 to $3 per hog on feed costs, Greg Simpson, provincial pork industry nutritionist, told the annual meeting of Ontario Swine Improvement Inc. here recently. Simpson said it requires trials that involve weighing pigs and feed, but experience with producers demonstrates that the savings can be
First of two articles on identifying and working with sick pigs
There are few pig production skills that are as fundamental as the ability to recognize a sick, injured or disadvantaged pig so that action can be taken to treat it, euthanize it or remove it from the group. Yet it’s clear from my experience visiting many farms that this skill is not universal and that
DDGS Hailed As Swine Feed Option
The United States and Canada should join forces to create a win-win situation for ethanol production and hog farming. That was the message from an Alberta scientist to a recent international grains conference in Guatemala. Eduardo Beltranena, an Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development research scientist, said U. S. ethanol plants can broaden their markets by
Philippines investigates Ebola in pigs
The Philippines has asked the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) for help in stopping the spread of Ebola-Reston virus after an infection was found in some hog farms early this year, an official said on Dec. 17. The Agriculture Department has sent requests to the FAO to test an initial 10,000 swine in two
Britain tightens beef exports from N. Ireland
Britain has restricted beef exports coming from farms in Northern Ireland that received contaminated animal feed from Ireland, and confirmed that no pigs were affected, European Union officials said Dec. 10. British authorities had blocked beef shipments from nine pig and cattle farms and were carrying out extra tests to see if any Northern Irish
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