Back to the Future: Using Production and Financial Records to Plan, Project and Manage Forward
There is a growing demand for pork producers to be able to track and trace pig movement, and to project future movements. With the increased use of technology, a large database of movements and mortalities already exists. However, current software does not allow for movements that are not suppose to happen – for example, immediate sale of weanlings from a nursery. Movements v2.0 was designed to allow customized movements to be input, thus allowing a more accurate movement tracking software. Metafarm is a software designed to be a foundation for multiple livestock types, and i-Production is a pork management software. These three software programs provide information and a database large enough that an accurate pig flow production models should be possible.