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Successfully Converting to Group Sow Housing
Posted in: Pork Insight Articles, Prairie Swine Centre, Swine Innovation by admin on November 7, 2017
Demonstrating Management Practices that Enhance the Sustainability of Pork Production
Activity 1.1 – Successfully Converting to Gestating Sow Group Housing
In September 2017 two group sow housing seminars were held in Winnipeg, Manitoba and Strathmore, Alberta. The goal of these meetings was to better inform those producers who are currently looking to make the conversion to group sow housing. The meetings brought together a combination of speakers that addressed the areas of renovation, producer experience, technology & innovation, types of renovations and nutrition. The agenda for the meetings can be found below, in addition to copies of the PowerPoint presentations and video presentations.
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In the Media |
| Effective Strategies for Reducing Aggression Among Group Housed Sows (view article) |
| Advance Planning and Training Key to Grouping Sows (view article) |
| New or Renovate Hog Barns (view article) |
| One Producer’s Experience in Switching to Sow Group Housing (view article) |
| Hog Barn Codes – To Renovate or to Build New is the Big Question (view article) |
| Pas de retour en arrière pour les truies en groupe (French) (view article) |
FarmScape InterviewsDeciding to Build New or Renovate Comes Down to Cost Cost Key When Deciding Whether to Renovate or Build from Scratch Partial Renovation Popular In Converting to Group Sow Housing Non-Competitive Feeding Allows Greater Range of Weight and Larger Group Size Researchers Identify Strategies For Reducing Aggression Among Group Housed Sows Adoption of Group Housing Varies by Region Access to Research Improves Decision Making When Moving to Group Sow Housing Group Sow Housing Offers Opportunity to Reduce Energy Costs Right Diets and Right Volumes Critical to Peak Sow Productivity Nutrition Key to Improved Reproductive Performance and Longevity of Sows Pork Producers Encouraged to Formulate Sow Rations Based on Parity Modern Communication Technology Aids in Monitoring Swine Herd Performance Adoption of Technology Helps Improve Productivity |