Swine Management Services collects data from over 800 swine farms, and from both ends of the production spectrum. SMS has compiled suggestions for increasing production based on their observations of the data. The average production numbers from all farms show an increase in pigs weaned/mated female and  pigs weaned/female from June 2011 to June 2012. Some suggestions on how to lower wean to 1st service include increasing feed on the first farrowing day and from weaning until breeding, also to have boar exposure and heat checks after weaning, and to not skip breeding. Farrowing rate can be improved by the technicians by training, breaks, records, and improving procedures. Also, farrowing rate can be improved by proper semen storage, temperature recording, rotating, and using old batches first. Increasing pigs born can be influenced by increasing the litter size for gilts, and this can be aided by allowing the gilts to skip a heat before breeding. Piglet survival can be increased by having more hours covered by a technician with defined responsibilities, providing heat to newborns, and euthanizing small piglets. Sow deaths can be reduced by having proper observation, procedures, and treatment of sick sows, and records kept after. Female non-productive days can be lowered by proper culling decisions. These suggestions come from observations of farms with high production levels, and could be used to aid low producing farms.