Pork Professor
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Pork Professor: Guide helps producers manage feeding programs
Swine nutrition and feeding management is a complex process. Feed is the largest single item among the costs of producing pork, historically accounting for about two-thirds to three-fourths of total costs in farrow-to-finish or grow-finish systems.
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Pork Professor: Take several steps when preparing swine barns to sit empty
During difficult economic times, pork producers may be considering having barns sit empty for an extended period of time. However, closing these facilities involves much more than simply emptying the barn and shutting the lights off, especially if it is anticipated that barns may be brought back into production in the future.
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Pork Professor: Safety is key when it comes to pumping pits this fall
It is a sad statistic, but every year people and livestock become ill or die while agitating and pumping manure from deep-pitted barns, due to breathing high levels of dangerous gases released from the manure.
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