A well-designed facility includes backup systems to prevent losses from power outages or equipment failures. Maintaining this fail-safe equipment should be part of every manager's routine maintenance program.
Begin with examining the actual wiring scheme of the fans, controllers, and override...
We look at a different method to provide heat for weaned pigs using radiant tube heaters.
Most systems using forced air or convection heating also rely on some type of infrared or radiant heat, at least for the first...
A groundbreaking ceremony to mark the start of construction for a multi-phase renovation by CTB, Inc. at its Milford, Indiana, manufacturing and office headquarters was held September 29. Three years of planning followed by three months of demolition work...
Four ways automated feeding and sorting technology can help lower input costs, reduce feed waste, maximize labor efficiency and improve pig performance.
Managing through the ups, downs and curveballs of the hog market calls for nerves of steel and a...
As fall approaches, now is a good time for swine producers to begin basic maintenance of their barn equipment so it will be ready for the arrival of cooler temperatures and the winter season.
Dwight Naber, district sales manager for...
Source: New Standard Ag Group
A few weeks back, we had one of our clients stop by our Sioux Falls office for a cup of coffee. As we begin visiting about the state of it all, the topic of conception...
The New Standard team is all about the advancement of taking care of our animals in this industry. So are quite a few of our producers we come across in this field. Over the course of our time as...
Farmscape for August 6, 2021
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Demonstration projects underway in the major pork producing provinces are highlighting the use of enrichments in swine barns.
A series of Swine Innovation Porc demonstration projects being overseen by the Prairie Swine...
Source: Bloomberg
China is taking hog biosecurity to new levels -- 13 stories in fact.
That’s the height of a building in southern China where more than 10,000 pigs are kept in a condominium-style complex, complete with restricted access, security cameras,...
Eliminate one of the leading causes of cool cell pad failure.
At one time or another, you have probably walked by a cool cell system and noticed a water puddle beneath it or a stream of water running across...