Ron Ketchem and Mark Rix share the progression results of batch farrowing and provide views of various data depicting progress, challenges and value.
Source: National Hog Farmer, September 1, 2021. Link.
With the increasing disease challenges to the swine industry and large sow farms and finisher sites, batch farrowing needs to be explored.”
INSIGHTS: The use of measurement and big data increasingly informs producers, nutritionists and veterinarians empowered to enable positive changes. The results continue to address challenges, adjust outcomes, input costs and streamline production. Swine, dairy and beef production have benefitted considerably from shared and comparative data sets, known as big data in today’s terms.